# Pitch: Fully qualified name syntax

**URL:** <https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-fully-qualified-name-syntax/28482>\
**Category:** Pitches\
**Created:** [September 3, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-fully-qualified-name-syntax/28482 "2019-09-03T22:38:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-fully-qualified-name-syntax/28482/81 "2019-09-10T20:35:48Z")

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> [@michelf](#):
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> We could extend the current `backtick` syntax for this purpose. Any backtick-quoted name with a dot could become a fully-qualified name:

I really, really like this idea, but it breaks down with `init`:

```swift
MyType.`MyKit.init`(...) // Needs to reference an initializer
MyType.`init`(...) // References a method/property/etc. named `init`

```

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