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From: Vinzent Hoefler <ada.rocks@jlfencey.com>
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Subject: Re: Case dependence and coding standards
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Robert A Duff wrote:

>It would be nicer to have a compiler that simply corrected such errors
>in the source file, instead of complaining about them.

Well, I expect a compiler to *read* the source, not actually *write*
it.

>The goal is to make consistent/readable code,

Strong ACK.

>not to punish programmers who are too
>lazy to hit the shift key.

NAK. Lazyness has to be punished. Hard. ;->


Vinzent.

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