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// this works

    'service_manager' => array(
        'factories' => array(
            'navigation' => function() {
                $navigation = new \Application\Navigation\Navigation(
                                include __DIR__ . '/../navigation/navigation.php');
                return $navigation;
            }
        ),
    ),


// this seems not to work

    'view_helpers' => array(
        'factories' => array(
            'navigation' => function($sm) {
                return new \Zend\View\Helper\Navigation($sm->get('navigation'));
            }
        ),
    ),