Re: The caselessness is one of the things I like best!

["Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org>]

Hmmmmmm..... Just tried this with gcc:

 ui32     Event_Code   = k_pmsg_Display_Start ;
 ....and then.....
 event_code =     k_pmsg_Display_Start ;

Got the following complaint:

msgeas/Msg_Display.cpp: In function `void dis_Show_Window(struct
Msg_Display_Type &)':
msgeas/Msg_Display.cpp:359: `event_code' undeclared (first use this
function)


There may be conditions under which differences in character case go
undetected, but its not quite the case where undeclared variables just get
created.

Not that I want to defend C or anything like that. Just not fair to
criticize it without justification...

MDC
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<tmoran@acm.org> wrote in message
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>   In fact you can write a case sensitive Ada program, and the compiler
> will in fact complain if you try to declare two entities where the only
> difference is case.  The only difference with C is that the compiler
> doesn't warn you, but silently creates two separate entities.  :)
>