On 05/21/2010 09:23 AM, Tobias Pape wrote:
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> Am 2010-05-21 um 08:44 schrieb Torsten Bergmann:
>
>>> And I think period is bad, it blends too much with sequencing, I
>>> personally think double colon looks the best and stands out. And is used
>>> in both C++ and Perl AFAIK
>>
>> Double colon is also used in Smalltalk MT for Namespaces.
>
>
> … what about a slash?
> +	makes for a good binary message
> 		NameSpaceA / SubspaceB / ClassC
> +	Looks like a Path
> -	May interfere with division

If you start using syntax that includes "space" then you will get into 
syntactic problems. It clashes with message sending, but on the other 
hand, if you are indeed looking for *dynamic* namespaces then that is 
what you want. But then, as Dan Ingalls suggested, you wouldn't need any 
slash at all, it would just be:

NameSpaceA SubspaceB ClassC

...now, my Namespace solution is *not* dynamic, so it is not message 
sending. It simply allows having the character $: in a Symbol and thus 
also in a global reference. And oh, my proposal was *not* hierarchical 
but a flat list - but it could be made hierarchical if needed, I just 
didn't feel the need. So:

NameSpaceA::ClassC

...in my solution is just a global reference.

regards, Göran