Language change and code breaks

[Tim Rowe]

In article <mailman.996010366.21957.python-list at python.org>, 
jschmitt at vmlabs.com (John Schmitt) wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Guido van Rossum [mailto:guido at python.org]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 12:51 PM
> > To: python-list at python.org
> > Subject: Re: Language change and code breaks
> [...]
> > The language would remain case-sensitive, and you would be free to use
> > it that way in any tool you chose, but there would be a separate tool
> > available that enforced case-preserving case-sensitivity for those who
> > prefer it.
> [...]
> 
> There you have it folks.  This is the same thing that Guido ended with 
> the
> last time this issue came up.  
> 
> To summarise: The language will not change to be case-insensitive.  
> Python,
> the programming language, will remain case-sensitive.
> 
> Thank you very much, Guido, for stating it.  I'm hoping that we can keep
> this message and quote it as the BDFL proclamation on this issue the 
> next
> time it arises.
> 
> Personally, I'm happy to hear that the language will stay 
> case-sensitive and
> that I can choose to use or ignore a tool that provides 
> case-insensitivity.
> Hopefully a tool that would provide this isn't tied to something I would
> like to use.

Seconded. Actually, I'd be happy of the tool that did this did so 
optionally, so I could still use it with that feature turned off :-)