node with the same name

[reed-lau]

in ROS2's concept, can it has the node with the same name, expecially considering the builtin client service (eg. list_parameters, get_parameters, set_parameters ...), for this will make the two node fully connected by these services and clients.

[wjwwood]

The current unwritten assumption is that node names need to be unique. There's a long standing task to make a design document on this topic with details on how to enforce the node name uniqueness (given that discovery is by default distributed without a master).

We're talked about it several times off-line, but it's explicitly mentioned as a design issue on this issue about parameter refactoring: ros2/ros2#432

I'll close this for now as it's more of a question, but I made this issue to track the need for the design document about this: #187