Brett Cannon brett at python.org
Thu Nov 29 03:31:24 CET 2007

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On Nov 28, 2007 12:45 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> On Nov 28, 2007 12:28 PM, Laurent Gautier <lgautier at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I find __root_namespace__ rather explicit without being unbearably long.
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> Perhaps the length is even an advantage -- this is not something that
> should be messed with lightly.
>

I think that is a valid point.  This is one of those situations that
the fact this is provided is good enough; it does not need to be short
and easy to type.

+1 for either __root_namespace__ or __root__.

-Brett

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