Re: case sensitivity

[Jonathan Bachrach <jrb@xxxxxxxxxx>]

jm <janmar@iprimus.com.au> writes:

> hello all,
> 
> is goo intentionally case insensitive? if so, why?

yes.  robustness.  useability.  historical.

> i can't think of any reasons for case-insensitivity but
> i think the need to interface with c libs is a good
> reason against it.

agreed.

> this problem popped up when swigifying the SDL
> which has a function named SDL_Quit and an
> enum constant named SDL_QUIT.
> a work around in this case is simple enough,
> but there is potential for much bigger headaches
> with other interfaces.

i'll consider this.

anybody else have opinions on this?

jonathan