--- a/ClassDescription.st	Fri Oct 10 08:57:01 2003 +0200
+++ b/ClassDescription.st	Fri Oct 10 09:05:57 2003 +0200
@@ -936,6 +936,12 @@
     "Modified: 22.8.1997 / 14:59:14 / cg"
 !
 
+nameSpace
+    "raise an error: must be redefined in concrete subclass(es)"
+
+    ^ self subclassResponsibility
+!
+
 renameCategory:oldCategory to:newCategory
     "{ Pragma: +optSpace }"
 
@@ -2936,6 +2942,13 @@
     "Created: / 19.6.1998 / 02:28:09 / cg"
 !
 
+topNameSpace
+    "return the nameSpace of my topOwningClass (if private) or my own nameSpace."
+
+    self isPrivate ifTrue:[^ self topOwningClass topNameSpace].
+    ^ self nameSpace
+!
+
 whichCategoryIncludesSelector:aSelector
     "return the category under which the method for aSelector is
      classified"
@@ -3982,7 +3995,7 @@
 !ClassDescription class methodsFor:'documentation'!
 
 version
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/ClassDescription.st,v 1.160 2003-10-10 06:56:58 cg Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/ClassDescription.st,v 1.161 2003-10-10 07:05:54 cg Exp $'
 ! !
 
 ClassDescription initialize!