From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8d472879e3f609e0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-06-05 02:19:09 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!freenix!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: Lionel.DRAGHI@fr.thalesgroup.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: Case sensitivity (was Re: no title) Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 11:21:43 +0200 Organization: ENST, France Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1054804749 13272 137.194.161.2 (5 Jun 2003 09:19:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 09:19:08 +0000 (UTC) To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Return-Path: X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:38668 Date: 2003-06-05T11:21:43+02:00 | -----Message d'origine----- | De: Hyman Rosen [mailto:hyrosen@mail.com] ... | | We want to take advantage of case sensitivity in a good way, | using the commonality of spelling but the distinction of case | as a way of communicating with the reader of the code. Ada | cannot mandate a good choice of names, but has prevented a | potential good choice of names on the grounds of trying to | eliminate one small set of possible bad choices. Your code example is pretty, but using different names instead of different casing is as easy and less error prone. So, Ada has prevented an always bad choice.