'''namespace current'''

Returns the fully-qualified name for the current namespace. The actual name of the global namespace is "" (i.e., an empty string), but this command returns '''::''' for the global namespace as a convenience to programmers.

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[Jasp] The so called convenience of returning ''::'' has actually become an annoyance for me. The following code is supposted to take the argument variable ''database'', containing a procedure name, and get it's full path (prepend command works like append, except inserts the concentration of arguments at start of variable):

 if {[string range $database 0 1] != "::"} {
 	::emerald::data::prepend database [uplevel 1 {namespace current}] ::}

This code works fine all the time, except when '''namespace current''' returns ''::''. ''database'' then becomes something like ''::::procedure'' instead of ''::procedure''. I'm going to do a check with if and not prepend ''::'' for this result for now, can anyone recommend a better solution? I think ''namespace current'' needs an argument like '''-actual''' to prevent this behaviour.

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See also:

   * [namespace]
   * [namespace children]
   * [namespace parent]

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