On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 04:28:09AM -0700, Phil Boswell wrote:
I created {{TALKSPACE}} and its counterpart
{{ARTICLESPACE}} after
requesting the equivalent variables several times on this list.
I would be more than happy to see them replaced with the equivalent
variables now that they seem to have proven their utility.
I had gathered, Phil, that those were being avoided because they were
going to conflict with a planned extension and generalization of
namespaces that would make Talk less special -- if I correctly
understood what I read.
Cheers,
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