[Mono-bugs] [Bug 76995][Nor] Changed - extern alias lookup fails

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Changed by calberto.cortez at gmail.com.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=76995

--- shadow/76995	2005-12-14 12:53:35.000000000 -0500
+++ shadow/76995.tmp.5313	2005-12-16 23:09:56.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 Bug#: 76995
 Product: Mono: Compilers
 Version: 1.1
-OS: 
+OS: unknown
 OS Details: 
 Status: NEW   
 Resolution: 
-Severity: 
+Severity: Unknown
 Priority: Normal
 Component: C#
 AssignedTo: calberto.cortez at gmail.com                            
 ReportedBy: atsushi at ximian.com               
 QAContact: mono-bugs at ximian.com
 TargetMilestone: ---
@@ -54,6 +54,19 @@
 
 consistently.
 
 Additional Information:
 
 Toshok needs it for 2.0 System.Configuration.dll.
+
+------- Additional Comments From calberto.cortez at gmail.com  2005-12-16 23:09 -------
+In fact, this was lack of some functionality, rather than a bug. After
+reading the standard a pair of times I understood how extern alias
+should be resolved (different from simple alias), and now we are -with
+this patch- resolving the extern alias as accessible within the
+immediate containing namespace or compilation unit (refer to 16.4.1
+section in the latest standard).
+
+This patch should do it. Note that it's not as clean as I had wanted,
+but it's small, simple, and it works.
+
+Carlos.