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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Attribute namespaces (was: Can an attribute be
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On Wed, 7 Sep 2016, DJ Delorie wrote:
>> I suggest using attribute "namespaces" which 
>> backends can share or not share as appropriate:
>>
>>      spice:pinseq
>
> PCB already uses namespaces in its attributes, but using two colons:

I don't think PCB "attributes" are a good model for this as they are quite 
a different concept.  gEDA/gaf already uses a single colon as the 
namespace separator in Scheme; it would only be consistent to use a single 
colon as the namespace separator for attributes as well.