On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Doug Way wrote:

> I'm not sure if I would go quite that far.  The KCP code is somewhat
> different than external packages like Magma.  With KCP, you're working
> on classes which will be at the core of Squeak, so I think it is good to
> not use gratuitous prefixes in the class names, because there's not
> really any worry about namespace clashes.  With an external package like
> Magma, using prefixes (e.g. MagmaCollection) may not be a bad idea,
> since there is a more real possibility of namespace clashes if you
> don't.  Within reason, of course.

I've always used namespace prefixes in my Squeak work, and never had any
complaints about it - how else could you be sure you're not in conflict
with someone else?

In fact, Cees and I recently started a "prefix registry" on the Swiki to
further reduce the possibility of clashes:
http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/3318