Re: Re: Case sensitivity: Conclusion(?)

From: Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 12:06:19 +0000
Subject: Re: Re: Case sensitivity: Conclusion(?)
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Marko Karppinen wrote:

Yasuo:


Hmm. I vote -1 for this.
It just does not make sense to store original(case sensitive)
names while langage ignores case. It's also confusing, lead
to case sensitivity BC problem anyway just like with case
sensitive function/names.



Case preservation makes very much sense in a case-insensitive environment.
Just look at file system implementations from Apple and Microsoft, where,
believe it or not, a lot of thought has gone into this issue.

I had a private chat with Jason Greene about this, and I came out with the
understanding that the .NET/SOAP interop issues mentioned here earlier by
Markus and Jason are actually issues with PHP not preserving case rather
than with PHP not being fully case-sensitive.


It will be confusing PHP preserve case for other while
internally case insensitve...

Therefore, -1 for this :)



And since Andi promised to take a shot at making case preservation happen,
it seems like we are on our way to better interoperability without too much
BC hassles.


If get_class() or like returns names with case preserved,
it breaks BC. I expect additional parameter for all of
these functions if it really implemented.

I hope not, since it's a additional memory and performance loss...
-- 
Yasuo Ohgaki


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