<div id="comment:0"></div> This is preparation for making `sage.matrix` a namespace package in #28925. CC: @simon-king-jena @tscrim @tobiasdiez @videlec @kiwifb Component: **refactoring** Author: **Matthias Koeppe** Branch/Commit: **[`ea0d15a`](https://github.com/sagemath/sagetrac-mirror/commit/ea0d15a3d546c76a902a37c0db1d09ae54c5f3d9)** Reviewer: **François Bissey** _Issue created by migration from https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/30784_