6.5. Determining the Meaning of a Name
The meaning of a name depends on the context in which it is used. The determination of the meaning of a name requires three steps:
• First, context causes a name syntactically to fall into one of six categories: PackageName, TypeName, ExpressionName, MethodName, PackageOrTypeName, or AmbiguousName.
• Second, a name that is initially classified by its context as an AmbiguousName or as a PackageOrTypeName is then reclassified to be a PackageName, TypeName, or ExpressionName.
• Third, the resulting category then dictates the final determination of the meaning of the name (or a compile-time error if the name has no meaning).
PackageName: Identifier PackageName . IdentifierTypeName: Identifier PackageOrTypeName ...
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