Re: But then what are namespaces ?

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Re: But then what are namespaces ?

From:	Stefan Monnier
Subject:	Re: But then what are namespaces ?
Date:	Sat, 02 Oct 2021 15:59:34 -0400
User-agent:	Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux)

> Elisp has a single namespace, and this does not change with shorthands.

Many/most languages with namespaces map "local names" to a unique global
namespace (e.g using hierarchies like `org.gnu.foo.bar` to avoid conflicts).
So this new mechanism is not that different.


        Stefan

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