Case sensitivity

Tim Rowe tim at remove_if_not_spam.digitig.co.uk
Fri Feb 21 11:32:55 EST 2003


Kirk Strauser wrote:
> Indeed.  I can't think of any good reason for someVariableName and
> somevariablename to exist seperately in the same namespace, and quite a few
> reasons why that'd be awful.  Furthermore, I suspect that many development
> tools are probably also case-sensitive; imagine if ctags or etags were only
> able to find someRandomFunction and not soMeRanDoMfuNctIOn.
> 
> 
>>FWIW, I'm with him on this one.
> 
> 
> Ditto.

Same here.  Something equivalent to tab nanny to warn of violations 
would be better than an outright ban, but the coder should be warned!





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