diff --git a/src/ns.sh b/src/ns.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Namespace support
+#
+#  Copyright (C) 2014 Mike Gerwitz
+#
+#  This file is part of pkgsh.
+#
+#  pkgsh is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+##
+
+[ -z $__PKGSH_INC_NS ] || return
+__PKGSH_INC_NS=1
+
+
+##
+# Apply to current namespace
+#
+# Extracts the namespace `ns` of the function in which this application is
+# invoked and calls `$ns::$cmd`, passing all arguments 2..N, where N is the
+# number of arguments passed to `@::`.
+#
+# If no namespace is found, then $cmd is invoked as-is, without any
+# namespace prefix.
+#
+function @::
+{
+  local -r cmd="$1" fn="${FUNCNAME[1]}"
+  local -r ns="${fn%::*}"
+  shift
+
+  if [[ "$ns" == "$fn" ]]; then
+    "$cmd" "$@"
+  else
+    "$ns::$cmd" "$@"
+  fi
+}
+
diff --git a/test/ns/test-@::-multi.sh b/test/ns/test-@::-multi.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Tests current namespace application on nested namespaces
+#
+#  Copyright (C) 2014 Mike Gerwitz
+#
+#  This file is part of pkgsh.
+#
+#  pkgsh is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# `@::` should take the full namespace path of any arbitrary depth, not just
+# the first namespace (up to the first `::`).
+##
+
+source src/ns.sh
+
+declare -a expected=("o n e" two three)
+declare -a given=()
+
+
+# attempts to invoke `next` within the same namespace
+foo::bar::baz::try()
+{
+  # SUT
+  @:: next "$@"
+}
+
+foo::bar::baz::next()
+{
+  given=("$@")
+}
+
+
+foo::bar::baz::try "${expected[@]}"
+
+set -- "${given[@]}"
+test $# -eq "${#expected[@]}"
+
+# all arguments should be passed, properly quoted
+declare -i i=0
+while true; do
+  test "$1" == "${expected[i]}"
+  shift || break
+  ((++i))
+done
+
diff --git a/test/ns/test-@::-nons.sh b/test/ns/test-@::-nons.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Tests current namespace application on absent namespace
+#
+#  Copyright (C) 2014 Mike Gerwitz
+#
+#  This file is part of pkgsh.
+#
+#  pkgsh is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# If no namespace exists on the function in which `@::` is used, then the
+# command should be invoked normally, without any namespace prefix.
+##
+
+source src/ns.sh
+
+declare -a expected=("o n e" two three)
+declare -a given=()
+
+
+# attempts to invoke `next` within the same namespace
+try()
+{
+  # SUT
+  @:: next "$@"
+}
+
+next()
+{
+  given=("$@")
+}
+
+
+try "${expected[@]}"
+
+set -- "${given[@]}"
+test $# -eq "${#expected[@]}"
+
+# all arguments should be passed, properly quoted
+declare -i i=0
+while true; do
+  test "$1" == "${expected[i]}"
+  shift || break
+  ((++i))
+done
+