Talk:Namespace

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Is the word namespace really used in general like this article suggests it is? I thought it was more or less restricted to programming languages. Note that I am not saying the word couldn't or shouldn't be used in a more general context, I am just questioning whether it is or not already. If not, this is effectively primary research. Pcb21| Pete 00:14, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Although Namespaces have strong applications in computer science to localize naming conventions, the term can be generically applied to most anything. Namespaces are even used inside the wiki system itself, as in the WoWWiki help files Help:Editing. Notice how I used a namespace to link to that. Tiranak 05:33, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

  • I completely agree; namespace is definitely a more general term. However, I would propose making a disambiguation link on the top of the page to the computer science term Metromoxie 01:54, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
    • Also, there hasn't been talk about this in a while, so I'm going to remove the tag in the next couple of days. Metromoxie 01:55, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

It's not restricted to programming languages, but is is restricted to computing. Try finding it in any non-computing dictionary. Linking syntax in MediaWiki is a very poor example - it's a program! Try finding the term namespace used in any of the See Also links that aren't computing topics - it can be applied to those fields, but wouldn't be except by someone from a computing background. Also, C has no namespaces and no name-mangling. This article needs work. JonathanWakely 11:04, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

confused

I'm still very confused. The main article seems like a good generic base. But I see this term used often in Wiki-space, and it has particular meaning/implications there that I still don't understand -- it would help if the article addressed this context. kethd 11:15, 28 Jan 2007 (EST)


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