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From: Pascal Obry <p.obry@wanadoo.fr>
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Subject: Re: The caselessness is one of the things I like best!
Date: 15 Oct 2001 20:18:21 +0200
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"Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org> writes:

> 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)

Of course.

> 
> 
> 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...

I think the point was more like:

        int PdvBg;
        int PdVBg;

        PdvBg = 8;
        PdVBg = 2;

Are you sure you want to play with that !

Pascal.

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