Hi!

=?ISO-8859-1?Q?st=E9phane_ducasse?= <ducasse at iam.unibe.ch> wrote:
> Hi goran
> 
> not all the namespace are bad. Do not confuse java bad design and 
> namespace.
> Java package are just shortcuts. Also VisualWorks did some pretty bad 
> choices: importing a namespace at the class level sucks.
> 
> Read our classbox paper (you will get soon near you a version running).

Got a fresh pointer?

> This is a bit old now and
> we got a much better paper that we can send on demand (because this is 
> under submission).

Well, no rush.

Anyway, I just get nervous when people start talking about namespaces.
:) Not because the concept is bad in itself - but that I think we must
do something different from the others in order to keep the "good
values" of Squeak/Smalltak today.

But it sounds like you are thinking along the same lines.

regards, Göran