Re: [Fwd: Re: [Zend Engine 2] Case sensitivity: Conclus ion(?)]

On Wed, 2002-02-06 at 05:37, Marko Karppinen wrote: > Markus: > > You have the wrong book then. Painless integration with other > > technologies is the main argument (.NET, SOAP, SRM [didn't > > forget it this time, Derick ;)]) > > I have some trouble believing that this is a real-world problem. > Interfacing with a case-sensitive system is troublesome only > when someone actually depends on being able to differentiate > two objects only by the case of their names. Have you met such > code "in the wild"? > > Personally, I've used a case-insensitive but case-preserving > file system for more than five years now, while constantly > dealing with and mounting volumes from machines with > case-sensitive file systems. During this time I have encountered > ZERO problems related to incompatible case handling between systems. > > This leads me to believe that the interop problem you describe is > theoretical in nature. Prove me wrong :-) You are wrong. The problem is when you call a case sensitive function name in an external language or interface from php. This causes major lookup and performance problems. -Jason > --Marko > > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- Jason T. Greene Internet Software Engineer <jason@inetgurus.net> <jason@php.net> <jason.greene@tdstelecom.com> Use PHP: http://www.php.net