Re: %prefix with C++ namespaces

[Hans Aberg]

On 30 Sep 2007, at 09:00, Joel E. Denny wrote:

> > If we start "parsing" namespace names, we will have a million
> > new questions to answer.  What is the output of "::foo",
>
> I figured the namespace name is meant to be relative to the global
> namespace, so a leading "::" is implicit if not specified.

I am sure about that, too.

> > "foo::", etc.?
>
> This seems like an error to me.

That is what it looks like to me too.

> Other than that, isn't it just a matter of splitting on "::"?  Am I
> forgetting something?

I think so too: just strip the leading "::"; trailing "::" results in  
error; and remaining
  <name_1>::...::<name_k>
is implemented as a nested
namespace <name_1> {
...
namespace <name_k> {
...
}
...
}

  Hans Aberg