On 8 August 2013 17:34, Lionel Cons <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8 August 2013 17:13, Lionel Cons <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 8 August 2013 00:50, David Korn <[email protected]> wrote: >>> cc: [email protected] [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: namespace com.foo.bar.baz support (was:Re: [ast-developers] >>> AT&T Software Technology ast alpha software download update) >>> -------- >>> >>> >>>> Why do you need code for this? For now, with Roland's patch, the code >>>> worked fine except for arithmetic expressions. That was AFAIK the >>>> major issue which prevented us to exploit the feature. That may be >>>> also the only bug which should be fixed as *soon* as possible because >>>> it will enable people to test the feature in-depth and contribute >>>> feedback. >>>> >>>> Irek >>>> >>> >>> As far as I know, Rolands patch just allowed compound variable names >>> for namespace and eliminted nested namespaces. >> >> Where are nested namespaces? If you mean namespace foo { namespace bar >> {} } to access .foo.bar - that never worked. > > I looked at the patch, it removed a simple check for '.' characters in > the namespace name. That doesn't remove support for nested namespaces > (which, IMO, are of doubtful use compared to namespace > com.foo.bar.baz), does it? > > Lionel > > PS: I'd like to underline the importance of namespace com.foo.bar.baz > to us as large, diverse organisation. A solution like namespace > com.foo.bar.baz would give us finally the tool to build large shell > function libraries.
David, could you just apply Roland Mainz's patch to enable namespace com.foo.bar.baz for the next release, please? I'd be very grateful about it. Wendy _______________________________________________ ast-developers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo/ast-developers
