[jira] [Commented] (AVRO-4149) The specification should allow explicit references into the null namespace

["Chad Parry (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Chad Parry commented on AVRO-4149:
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See the dev@avro.apache.org thread on this: [https://lists.apache.org/thread/9xk4dy831b1y6mzsfzdlgnxf9cdx7b7v] . CC [mgrigorov@apache.org|mailto:mgrigorov@apache.org] , [oscar@westravanholthe.nl|mailto:oscar@westravanholthe.nl]

> The specification should allow explicit references into the null namespace
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>
>                 Key: AVRO-4149
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-4149
>             Project: Apache Avro
>          Issue Type: Bug
>            Reporter: Chad Parry
>            Priority: Minor
>
> If the enclosing type has a namespace, and if that namespace contains a type "Target", and if the null namespace also has a type "Target", then it is impossible to reference the one in the null namespace. The type name "Target" would be interpreted as a simple name that refers to the namespaced "Target" type. The specification should be amended so that ".Target" is a legal reference into the null namespace. Other sections of the specification that forbid that should be amended, (e.g., ""The null namespace may not be used in a dot-separated sequence of names").



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