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Content-language: en-US To: zsh-users@zsh.org References: <20240309143036.xwqm234mtu5wqh2r@chazelas.org> <20240310121359.iuhmf5renmuf6y4z@chazelas.org> <6c783297-aa25-4ff6-8233-185a281a074f@eastlink.ca> From: Ray Andrews In-reply-to: Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit X-Seq: 29730 Archived-At: X-Loop: zsh-users@zsh.org Errors-To: zsh-users-owner@zsh.org Precedence: list Precedence: bulk Sender: zsh-users-request@zsh.org X-no-archive: yes List-Id: List-Help: , List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: On 2024-03-10 15:48, Bart Schaefer wrote: > On Sun, Mar 10, 2024 at 3:16 PM Ray Andrews wrote: >> In a sentence or two, what is a namespace and why do we want it? > Quoting the updated FAQ file: > > 2.9: What is a `namespace' anyway? Sorta like a first name and a last name for a variable?  Even I have often run into name crowding.  Just recently there was that grief about an unrealized existing integer making mischief.  So 'family names' could sure be a good thing. > > As of this writing, namespaces in zsh are little more than syntactic > sugar for grouping related parameters.