• From: Andrew Layman <andrewl@m...>
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• Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 11:30:07 -0800

Clark Evans asks why PIs are not the mechanism for namespace declaration.
That option was extensively debated during the design process (see the
archives for details).  The short answer is that PIs do not have tree scope,
so are unsuitable for modular document construction.

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