Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of NameSpaces

Timestamp:

2017-09-11 13:02:19 (8 years ago)

Author:

archibald

Comment:

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NameSpaces

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 = Name Spaces =
 
-We need to create name spaces.
-Namespaces are commonly structured as hierarchies to allow reuse of names in different contexts.
-Namespaces are typically employed for the purpose of grouping symbols and identifiers around a particular functionality and to avoid name collisions between multiple identifiers that share the same name.
+We need to create name spaces.[[BR]][[BR]]
+Namespaces are 
+* commonly structured as hierarchies to allow reuse of names in different contexts.
+* typically employed for the purpose of grouping symbols and identifiers around a particular functionality and to avoid name collisions between multiple identifiers that share the same name.
+* hierarchical, ie sets of namespaces can be nested within another namespace
+
+To store namespaces we need a structure similar to that detailed below ... [wiki:NotationExplaination explaination of the notation]
+
+{{{
+SINGLETON design
+    namespace{} ourNameSpaces
+
+CLASS namespace
+    namespace{} subSpaces    
+    ubyte$ name
+}}}