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Subject: Re: namespace separator ideas
From: bart@mediawave.nl (Bart de Boer)

Bart de Boer wrote:
> What was the argument against '::' again?
> 
> Jessie Hernandez wrote:

Found it...

<snip from Jessie>

BTW, "::" is out the question (yes, I did try it). It created ambiguity
in the case of calling a function in a namespace and calling a method of
a class in a namespace:

echo a::b::c();

The above can either mean "call function c in namespace b under
namespace a" or "call static method c of class b under namespace a".
Since this cannot be determined, "::" cannot be used.

</snip from Jessie>