Use namespace prefixes in find_scale()/validate_guide()
#6747
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This PR aims to fix #4705 and replaces #4799.
Essentially it allows you to specifiy a scale/guide using the
pkgname::-prefix.By declaring the namespace we only need to search one namespace and we can avoid searching in all loaded namespaces.
Example guides:
Example scale:
Created on 2025-11-17 with reprex v2.1.1
Practically, packages that implement this may want to declare both the unprefixed and prefixed versions while transitioning.
For example, the definition of the pillar method (here) may look like this: