Re: widget namespace

Hi Marcos,

On Aug 28, 2007, at 14:01, Marcos Caceres wrote:
>> A well designed format is one for which people can make uses and
>> extensions unforeseen by the creator. Putting a namespace here is
>> zero-cost, not putting it is just begging to look stupid down the  
>> line.
>
> Appealing to our ego's is a nice rhetorical trick, but it's better to
> keep the arguments on a technical level:-)

Actually "looking stupid down the line" wasn't an appeal to ego, it's  
just a way of giving a little perspective over time. My experience  
with specs is that altogether too often they had a chance of using an  
extension mechanism early, and those that didn't tend to look back  
and go "whoops" — that's technical, or at least motivated in reality.  
I do have rhetorical tricks, but they're usually less subtle ;-)

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