Nested Namespaces

Namespaces can be nested inside other namespaces. Example 14-3 shows three namespaces that have their own specific variable x. The fully qualified names for these variables are ::foo::x, ::bar::x, and ::bar::foo::x.

Example 14-3 Nested namespaces.
namespace eval foo {
   variable x 1      ;# ::foo::x
}
namespace eval bar {
   variable x 2      ;# ::bar::x
   namespace foo {
      variable x 3   ;# ::bar::foo::x
   }
   puts $foo::x      ;# prints 3
}
puts $foo::x         ;# prints 1

Partially qualified names can refer to two different objects.

In Example 14-3 the partially qualified name foo::x can reference one of two variables depending on the current namespace. From ...

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