Why does range-v3 put its function objects into an inline namespace?

In range-v3, all of the functions are really global function objects in an inline namespace:

#if RANGES_CXX_INLINE_VARIABLES < RANGES_CXX_INLINE_VARIABLES_17
#define RANGES_INLINE_VARIABLE(type, name)                              \
    inline namespace function_objects                                   \
    {                                                                   \
        inline namespace                                                \
        {                                                               \
            constexpr auto &name = ::ranges::static_const<type>::value; \
        }                                                               \
    }

#else  // RANGES_CXX_INLINE_VARIABLES >= RANGES_CXX_INLINE_VARIABLES_17
#define RANGES_INLINE_VARIABLE(type, name) \
    inline namespace function_objects      \
    {                                      \
        inline constexpr type name{};      \
    }
#endif // RANGES_CXX_INLINE_VARIABLES

What is the purpose of the function_objects namespace? It is not referenced anywhere else in the library as far as I can tell.