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From: Stephen Leake <Stephe.Leake@nasa.gov>
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Subject: Re: Case sensitivity (was Re: no title)
Date: 05 Jun 2003 13:31:58 -0400
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Lionel.DRAGHI@fr.thalesgroup.com writes:

> Your code example is pretty, but using different names instead of different
> casing is as easy and less error prone.

Actually, making up good names for types and objects is a problem in
Ada. Some of us solve it by always appending _Type to type names:

type List_Type is ...

procedure Foo (List : in List_Type);

Some people don't like the _Type, and do something else:

type Lists is ...

procedure Foo (List : in Lists);

In a case sensitive language, this could be:

type List is ...

procedure Foo (list : in List);

I think that's a legitimate argument for case sensitivity. However, I
don't think it has as much weight as all the arguments on the other
side. I also think using Lists and List is just as bad!

> So, Ada has prevented an always bad choice.

I think that's too strongly worded. The issue is not black and white,
but shades of grey.

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-- Stephe