Question: another mint problem. :- name vs. [name] for Maple packages

Is this a bug in mint?

Given this foo.mpl

foo:=proc()
    local x:=2,y:=3;       
        
    if MmaTranslator[Mma][LeafCount](x)<MmaTranslator[Mma][LeafCount](y)  then        
        0;
    else
       1;
    fi;  

end proc;   

It says

Procedure foo() on lines 2 to 11
  These names were used as global names but were not declared:  LeafCount, Mma

But if I rewrite the above using :- instead:

foo:=proc()
    local x:=2,y:=3;       
        
    if MmaTranslator:-Mma:-LeafCount(x)<MmaTranslator:-Mma:-LeafCount(y)  then        
        0;
    else
       1;
    fi;  

end proc;  

Now mint is happy and no message are given.

Is not  MmaTranslator:-Mma:-LeafCount(x)  the same as MmaTranslator[Mma][LeafCount](x) ?

Maple itself is happy with both. So why is mint complaining?

I am finding many problems with mint. Will post more problems found when I have more time.

Is mint still actively  maintained by Maplesoft?