In some cases, it's necessary to manipulate data from one namespace to another. For example, a routine in the "N1" namespace needs data from the "N2" namespace. In legacy systems (using only globals), it's common to make the global universal, but what about persistent classes? Is this type of globalization also possible?
In the same context, how could I make a persistent class global for all namespaces? The only way I know is by putting it in %SYS. For example, to build a class from the "N1" namespace in the "N2" namespace, I need to use the pipe or the ZN function, but this somewhat reduces the productivity of the IDE (VS Code, Studio...), because the class doesn't exist in the namespace I'm working in, and this affects the autocomplete of methods, attributes, etc.
What would be the best practices for these use cases? Can I build this type of class in %SYS?
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