Thanks, Mike for sharing the rationale behind this. I too revere simplicity.

On 5/6/08, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> A rule that said "the namespace is excluded if it is only ever used to
> qualify the names of functions" would seem rather complex. It's good to keep
> things simple.
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/


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Regards,
Mukul Gandhi