Re: Case dependence and coding standards

[Wesley Groleau <wesgroleau@despammed.com>]

>>This could be formatted to look nicely ordered like
>>
>>      north : Positive range       0 .. 90;   -- stops at north pole
>>      west  : Positive range       0 .. 360;  -- around the earth
>>      depth : Integer  range -20_000 .. 0;    -- below the sea
> 
> I would have done:
> 
>        north : Positive range 0 .. 90;          -- stops at north pole
>        west  : Positive range 0 .. 360;         -- around the earth
>        depth : Integer  range -20_000 .. 0;     -- below the sea
> 
And I would have done:

    north : Positive range       0 ..  90;   -- stops at north pole
    west  : Positive range       0 .. 360;   -- around the earth
    depth : Integer  range -20_000 ..   0;   -- below the sea

But now we're getting a little bit picky.

There was a valid point that "searching" and "reading"
take different skills.  Indeed, it has been empirically
shown that searching is easier with ALL UPPER CASE
while reading is easier with mixed case.

But declarations are far more often used for searching than reading.
Even for reading, more often, tables are easier, I think.  (I don't
have empirical studies, though.)  The layout reduces the mental energy
in identifying the parts of the lookup.