Case insensitivity

[Michael Ströder]

Michael Abbott wrote:
> 
> "Guido van Rossum" <guido at python.org> wrote in message
> news:cpvgkofyru.fsf at cj20424-a.reston1.va.home.com...
> > To me, the only real important question is, how can we introduce
> > case-sensitivity for novices without breaking the millions of lines of
> > existing Python code.  One option could be: forget it, it's too late.
> > Another: put the case-insensitivity in the tools.
> 
> Please reassure me that this means what I think it does: you want to update
> Python so that a future version of the language supports two modes, case
> insensitive for beginners and case sensitive for experts?
> 
> If so, please go ahead, and let me carry on, as an expert, using case to
> make important, subtle but useful distinctions.

But case-sensitive mode should be the default. Beginners mode should
have to be turned on by command-line option.

Ciao, Michael.