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Bug 362955

Summary:	User-declared namespace prefix (needs syntax change)
Product:	[Modeling] Acceleo	Reporter:	Vlad Gheorghe <vlad.gheorghe>
Component:	Core	Assignee:	Project Inbox <acceleo-inbox>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	ed, laurent.goubet
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Description Vlad Gheorghe

2011-11-04 18:17:15 EDT

It would be useful that the prefix used to reference to an imported package in a MTL module to be defined by the user.

The enhanced syntax would be like:
<mtl>
module Mod1(mymm1='http://example.org/mm1/1')
</mtl>

Note. This feature is similar to xml namespaces.
e.g.
<elem  xmlns:mymm1='http://example.org/mm1/1'>
  <mymm1:A/>
</elem>

Comment 1 Ed Willink

2011-11-05 00:44:56 EDT

(In reply to comment #0)
> The enhanced syntax would be like:
> <mtl>
> module Mod1(mymm1='http://example.org/mm1/1')
> </mtl>

I think 

    module Mod1(mymm1:'http://example.org/mm1/1')

would be more consistent with other name:type declarations.

Comment 2 Vlad Gheorghe

2011-11-05 08:36:58 EDT

(In reply to comment #1)
> (In reply to comment #0)
> > The enhanced syntax would be like:
> > <mtl>
> > module Mod1(mymm1='http://example.org/mm1/1')
> > </mtl>
> 
> I think 
> 
>     module Mod1(mymm1:'http://example.org/mm1/1')
> 
> would be more consistent with other name:type declarations.

The syntax  name:Type  is used to declare new local variables and parameters, with the given name.
  (  <variable> ':' <type> )


In the case at hand the name is just an alias for an *existing* package (hence the equivalence '=' sign ).

IMHO, using the same syntax would be confusing.

Comment 3 Laurent Goubet

2016-04-06 10:43:13 EDT

Could be interesting for disambiguation of types sharing the same namespace as well.