Rajesh's two posts are actually different from my aware of JavaRanch's famous smiley effect.
However, Vasudha's explanation is correct conceptually on both. Even those unqualified elements will belong to a different namespace.
Use : to post : will avoid the JavaRanch's famous smiley effect.
In JavaRanch:
:p will become a
:o will become a
:D will become a
I reversed the JavaRanch effect to read Rajesh's first code, then I know it is different than the second one from namespace point of view.
Roseanne
[ November 17, 2002: Message edited by: Roseanne Zhang ]