On 26.04.19 23:09, mick crane wrote: > I did wonder if was some scheme I was unaware of. > I noticed a couple of weeks ago somebody used these "::" between words to > identify something. > Like in apt you have > /var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_debian-security_dists_buster_updates_main_source_Sources > made me think that these dots was some way of identifying a thing so that > everything is the same over the whole wide world . > Or something like that.
More the opposite. i.e. make the tail end of the long::name::thingy identifiable in a _restricted_ scope. The :: nomenclature first appeared (to my eyes) in C++ several decades ago. For perl to adopt an existing convention is a step forward for the language. Here's a brief exchange describing ::, the scope-resolution operator: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15649580/using-in-c Erik -- Arguing that Java is better than C++ is like arguing that grasshoppers taste better than tree bark. - Thant Tessman
