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+Namespaces are not allowed to contain double underscores ("__") anymore, as this sequence of characters is used to [separate the namespace and function selector](https://github.com/latticexyz/mud/pull/2168) in namespaced systems.
+This is to prevent signature clashes of functions in different namespaces.
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+(Example: If namespaces were allowed to contain this separator string, a function "function" in namespace "namespace__my" would result in the namespaced function selector "namespace__my__function",
+and would clash with a function "my__function" in namespace "namespace".)