> as noted above, syntax would not be sufficient. in any case, a name encoded as
> a string must, at some point, become a universal identifier.
Agreed.
> it makes no sense
> to delay this operation,
It makes every sense to delay this operation until we know just which
attribute values represent names. Blindly interning every attribute
value just in case it's a name, and worse yet, assuming that every
attribute value of the form foo:bar *is* a name, is inefficient
and perhaps incorrect.
-- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn. You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn. Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)