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Article #5340Re: case sensitivity
From: Richard A. O'Keefe
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1988 08:45
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1988 08:45
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In article <4049@ihlpf.ATT.COM>, nevin1@ihlpf.ATT.COM (00704a-Liber) writes: : There is a third possibility. Here is my proposal: : C) If two or more variables, such as 'CaseVar' and 'casevar', only : differ with respect to case, only one of the variable declarations : is allowed and the other declarations result in an error (or : alternatively, the variables are consdered distinct but the second : and subsequent declarations produce warnings). : : This seems to fix the problems with case-sensitive and case-insensitive : languages. Comments?? Comment: Euclid already does this. Comment: Some Xerox file-systems retain the case specified when a file was created but accept either case when a file is looked up; attempting to create another file with the same name but different case pattern can warn you of the existing file.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!sri-unix!quintus!ok From: ok@quintus.UUCP (Richard A. O'Keefe) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: case sensitivity Message-ID: <791@cresswell.quintus.UUCP> Date: 21 Mar 88 08:45:57 GMT References: <2318@bsu-cs.UUCP> <2400010@otter.hple.hp.com> <4049@ihlpf.ATT.COM> Organization: Quintus Computer Systems, Mountain View, CA Lines: 16