I think It's very good if Squeak namespaces will be compatiple with
VisualWorks (it use dot).

2010/5/21 Göran Krampe <goran at krampe.se>

> On 05/21/2010 09:23 AM, Tobias Pape wrote:
>
>>
>> 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
>
>
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