as.name and namespaces

'as.name' doesn't recognize a name with
its namespace extension as a name:

 > as.name("lm")
lm
 > as.name("stats::lm")
`stats::lm`
 > as.name("stats:::lm")
`stats:::lm`


Is there a reason why it shouldn't?

Pat

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