Index: ChangeLog
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RCS file: /cvsroot/tcl/tcl/ChangeLog,v
retrieving revision 1.569
diff -u -r1.569 ChangeLog
--- ChangeLog	2001/09/05 08:21:18	1.569
+++ ChangeLog	2001/09/05 20:04:49
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2001-08-30  Miguel Sofer  <msofer@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+	* generic/tclNamespace.c: allow cached fully-qualified namespace
+	names to be usable from different namespaces within the same
+	interpreter without forcing a new lookup. 
+
 2001-09-05 Vince Darley <vincentdarley@users.sourceforge.net>
 
 	* tests/winFCmd.test: made notWin2000 constraint false if not
Index: generic/tclNamesp.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/tcl/tcl/generic/tclNamesp.c,v
retrieving revision 1.25
diff -u -r1.25 tclNamesp.c
--- generic/tclNamesp.c	2001/06/28 12:43:33	1.25
+++ generic/tclNamesp.c	2001/09/05 20:04:51
@@ -2363,12 +2363,29 @@
 				 * of a namespace. */
     Tcl_Namespace **nsPtrPtr;	/* Result namespace pointer goes here. */
 {
+    Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
     register ResolvedNsName *resNamePtr;
     register Namespace *nsPtr;
-    Namespace *currNsPtr = (Namespace *) Tcl_GetCurrentNamespace(interp);
+    Namespace *currNsPtr;
+    CallFrame *savedFramePtr;
     int result;
+    char *name;
 
     /*
+     * If the namespace name is fully qualified, do as if the lookup were
+     * done from the global namespace; this helps avoid repeated lookups 
+     * of fully qualified names. 
+     */
+
+    savedFramePtr = iPtr->varFramePtr;
+    name = Tcl_GetString(objPtr);
+    if ((*name++ == ':') && (*name == ':')) {
+	iPtr->varFramePtr = NULL;
+    }
+
+    currNsPtr = (Namespace *) Tcl_GetCurrentNamespace(interp);
+    
+    /*
      * Get the internal representation, converting to a namespace type if
      * needed. The internal representation is a ResolvedNsName that points
      * to the actual namespace.
@@ -2377,6 +2394,7 @@
     if (objPtr->typePtr != &tclNsNameType) {
         result = tclNsNameType.setFromAnyProc(interp, objPtr);
         if (result != TCL_OK) {
+	    iPtr->varFramePtr = savedFramePtr;
             return TCL_ERROR;
         }
     }
@@ -2403,6 +2421,7 @@
     if (nsPtr == NULL) {	/* try again */
         result = tclNsNameType.setFromAnyProc(interp, objPtr);
         if (result != TCL_OK) {
+	    iPtr->varFramePtr = savedFramePtr;
             return TCL_ERROR;
         }
         resNamePtr = (ResolvedNsName *) objPtr->internalRep.otherValuePtr;
@@ -2414,6 +2433,7 @@
         }
     }
     *nsPtrPtr = (Tcl_Namespace *) nsPtr;
+    iPtr->varFramePtr = savedFramePtr;
     return TCL_OK;
 }
 
