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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Namespace issues
From: wrowe@rowe-clan.net ("William A. Rowe, Jr.")

Marcel Esser wrote:
> Using ::: as a namespace seperator would be great.

A general rule of telephony dialing and other data input, three of
the same character will too often be entered or recognized as two
or four characters due to user or mechanical error.  That's why
when you see mnemonic phone numbers they rarely repeat three
digits in the middle (three 0's at the end for example aren't
subject to the excess fourth repetition problem).