`namespace Name { export function foo(...) ... internal function bar(...) ... }`
declares a Name.* namespace once and controls its public surface declaratively,
instead of annotating every function with @Namespace(Name). Inside the block
each `function short(...)` is emitted as `namelower_short`; export (the default)
makes it callable as Name.short(...), internal keeps it a private helper
(emitted, callable by short name from siblings — calls are rewritten — but
Name.internalOne() is a compile error). Block sugar for the per-function
@Namespace annotation; a package's public API reads at a glance. Namespaces
declared the old way are unchanged (gameplay_foundation still passes).
namespace added to LUDIC_KW_DECL + JetBrains/TextMate + docs page + inventory
(vocab/impl/docs checks green). Example namespace_block (export + internal +
sibling calls + internal-visibility compile error verified). Full suite 116/0,
fixpoint holds.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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| id | name | category | kind | tokens | sig | tip | order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kw-namespace | namespace | structure | keyword | namespace | namespace Name { export function foo(…) … internal function bar(…) … } | Group functions into a Name.* namespace and control its public surface. | 16 |
A namespace block declares a Name. namespace once and controls its public surface declaratively, instead of annotating every function with @Namespace(Name) one at a time. Inside the block each function short(…) is emitted as namelower_short; an export function (the default) is callable from anywhere as Name.short(…), while an internal function is a private helper — emitted, and callable by its short name from other functions in the same block, but not part of the Name. surface (calling Name.internalOne() is a compile error). It is the block sugar for the per-function @Namespace annotation, so a package's public API reads at a glance.
Sibling calls inside the block use the short name (base()), and the compiler rewrites them to the emitted name — so a namespace reads like a self-contained module.
program Demo {
namespace Combat {
export function amount() -> int { return base() + 5 }
internal function base() -> int { return 10 }
export function double(n: int) -> int { return n + n }
}
entry {
print(Combat.amount()) # 15
print(Combat.double(21)) # 42
}
}