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Subject: Re: Case sensitivity (was Re: no title)
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In article <ullwgh20s.fsf@nasa.gov>, Stephen Leake <Stephe.Leake@nasa.gov> writes:
> Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> writes:
> 
>> If I'm not mistaken, the following code *does* compile.
>> 
>>      for index in my_array'range loop
>>          declare
>>              Index : integer := 27;
>>          begin
>>              if my_array ( Index ) > current_maximum
>>              then
>>                  current_maximum := my_array ( index );
>>                  Index := index;
>>              end if;
>>          end;
>>      end loop;
> 
> Yes, it does, and it has a bug. If the language was not
> case-sensitive, the bug would be easier to see.

But mainly since the language is case-blind, programmers are not
tempted to declare multiple objects (explicit or implicit) with
such easily confused names.