Is it possible to use simulator extensions of another extension in own extension

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I’m working on a new NeoPixel extension that supports the (easier) use of NeoPixel matrices. For that I forked the old NeoPixel extension from AdaFruit and Microsoft and extended and reworked it and handed it in publication to the Micro:Bit Foundation. They seemed to be quite happy with it but a requirement is that the extension works in its own namespace. This unfortunately seems to break the simulator part. Is there even a possiblity to work around that?

I do not fully understand how simulator extensions work. I know they are linked to an extension. I think that is the reason why changing the namespace breaks it. Removing the @parts and leaving the namespace as it is breaks it too. So I do get that the @parts and @trackArgs are linked to the simulator as well. If you could give me some hints about that I would be greatful.

This is the original namespace and code that works

namespace neopixel {
    /**
     * Create a new NeoPixel driver for `numleds` LEDs with 
     * brightness set to 128 (~50%).
     * @param pin the pin where the neopixel is connected.
     * @param numleds number of leds in the strip, eg: 24,30,60,64
     */
    //% blockId="neopixel_create" 
    //% block="NeoPixel at pin %pin|with %numleds|leds as %mode"
    //% weight=1000
    //% trackArgs=0,2
    //% blockSetVariable=strip
    //% group="Initialization"
    export function create(pin: DigitalPin, numleds: number, mode: NeoPixelMode): Strip {
        let strip = new Strip();
        let stride = mode === NeoPixelMode.RGBW ? 4 : 3;
        strip.buf = pins.createBuffer(numleds * stride);
        strip.start = 0;
        strip._length = numleds;
        strip._matrixDirection = NeoPixelMatrixDirection.LeftTopToTheRight
        strip._mode = mode || NeoPixelMode.RGB;
        strip._matrixWidth = 0;
        strip.setBrightness(128)
        strip.setPin(pin)
        return strip;
    }
// ...
}

As long as I worked inside the namespace of the other extension everything worked without any problems.

My extension can be found here: https://github.com/PasAlt/pxt-neopixel-matrix-extension