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+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+"use strict";
+
+module.metadata = {
+  "stability": "unstable"
+};
+
+const create = Object.create;
+const prototypeOf = Object.getPrototypeOf;
+
+/**
+ * Returns a new namespace, function that may can be used to access an
+ * namespaced object of the argument argument. Namespaced object are associated
+ * with owner objects via weak references. Namespaced objects inherit from the
+ * owners ancestor namespaced object. If owner's ancestor is `null` then
+ * namespaced object inherits from given `prototype`. Namespaces can be used
+ * to define internal APIs that can be shared via enclosing `namespace`
+ * function.
+ * @examples
+ *    const internals = ns();
+ *    internals(object).secret = secret;
+ */
+function ns() {
+  const map = new WeakMap();
+  return function namespace(target) {
+    if (!target)        // If `target` is not an object return `target` itself.
+      return target;
+    // If target has no namespaced object yet, create one that inherits from
+    // the target prototype's namespaced object.
+    if (!map.has(target))
+      map.set(target, create(namespace(prototypeOf(target) || null)));
+
+    return map.get(target);
+  };
+};
+
+// `Namespace` is a e4x function in the scope, so we export the function also as
+// `ns` as alias to avoid clashing.
+exports.ns = ns;
+exports.Namespace = ns;