namespaces

[Mike Stump]

> From: scottm@cs.ucla.edu
> To: egcs@cygnus.com
> Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 18:40:41 -0700 (PDT)

> Before someone says, "Why don't you work on it?", can I ask the
> simply obvious: What's the state of affairs of namespaces?

They don't work.  That is the state.  There is support in the parser
for all the syntax, and there are some functions relating to
namespaces in the compiler now, but it is reasonable to rip them all
out, and start from scratch.  There are some tough choices to make,
how much memory to burn v how slow do you want the compiler...