Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!psuvax1!flee From: flee@shire.cs.psu.edu (Felix Lee) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: case sensitivity Message-ID: Date: 24 Apr 89 21:50:02 GMT References: <13159@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <1989Apr21.194615.5344@utzoo.uucp> <10182@socslgw.csl.sony.JUNET> <39680@think.UUCP> Sender: news@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu Followup-To: comp.lang.misc Organization: Penn State University Computer Science Lines: 6 In-reply-to: barmar@think.COM's message of 24 Apr 89 18:49:46 GMT Case sensitivity is useful. For those opposed, I propose "case tolerance": if a case sensitive scan of the symbol table fails, do a case insensitive scan and spit out a "wrong case" warning if it succeeds. -- Felix Lee flee@shire.cs.psu.edu *!psuvax1!shire!flee