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15 Namespaces in 'gawk'
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This major node describes a feature that is specific to 'gawk'.

     CAUTION: This feature described in this chapter is new.  It is
     entirely possible, and even likely, that there are dark corners (if
     not bugs) still lurking within the implementation.  If you find any
     such, please report them (*Note Bugs::).

* Menu:

* Global Namespace::            The global namespace in standard
                                'awk'.
* Qualified Names::             How to qualify names with a namespace.
* Default Namespace::           The default namespace.
* Changing The Namespace::      How to change the namespace.
* Naming Rules::                Namespace and Component Naming Rules.
* Internal Name Management::    How names are stored internally.
* Namespace Example::           An example of code using a namespace.
* Namespace And Features::      Namespaces and other 'gawk' features.
* Namespace Summary::           Summarizing namespaces.