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15 Namespaces in gawk

This chapter 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 (See Reporting Problems and Bugs).

• Standard awk’s Single Namespace
• Qualified Names
• The Default Namespace
• Changing The Namespace
• Namespace and Component Naming Rules
• Internal Name Management
• Namespace Example
• Namespaces and Other gawk Features
• Summary