[dev] Preference namespaces

[Jon Parise]

On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 03:55:24PM -0500, Chuck Hagenbuch wrote:

> > So, aside from implementing the above login (which shouldn't be too
> > bad, really), I ran into another question.  We now have a notion of
> > scope (should I be using the term 'scope' instead of 'namespace',
> > btw?).  I think it would make more sense for the "local" values to
> > override the "global" values, should we get two results for 'language'
> > or 'full_name'.  Does that make sense, too?
> 
> I think scope is a better term, yes. And yes, app-specific (local) values 
> should override global values.

Okay, the new code refers to 'scope' and overrides global values with
local values.
 
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Jon Parise (jon@csh.rit.edu)  .  Rochester Inst. of Technology
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