On Jan 9, 2014, at 11:13 AM, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Working out a timeline to complete an effort to make all of this work is left as an exercise to the reader > > Since it's an infinite regression (any N namespaces can be converted to a single > namespace by adding N unique suffixes or prefixes) I think the timescale > is infinite. > > Seriously. We have a perfectly fine unambiguous namespace. Enough already. The problem is that this issue keeps repeating, particularly in (shall we say) non-technical venues. In a private message I semi-seriously suggested someone should write an RFC that deprecates classes other than IN. However, I'm beginning to think this might not be that bad of an idea -- at least there would be a document that the non-technical folks who keep raising the issue could be pointed at... Regards, -drc
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