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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a50a3c40267219cc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-18 13:25:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!btnet-peer0!btnet!dispose.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!pogner.demon.co.uk!zap!not-for-mail From: Simon Wright Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: The caselessness is one of the things I like best! Date: 18 Oct 2001 20:48:15 +0100 Organization: Pushface Message-ID: References: <3105e154.0110150021.32ff5426@posting.google.com> <9qeg5r$266$1@trog.dera.gov.uk> <9qei6k$3hj$1@newstoo.ericsson.se> <3lRKt$kFXp5K@eisner.encompasserve.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost X-NNTP-Posting-Host: pogner.demon.co.uk:158.152.70.98 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1003436664 nnrp-10:5512 NO-IDENT pogner.demon.co.uk:158.152.70.98 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: 18 Oct 2001 19:48:15 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14914 Date: 2001-10-18T19:48:15+00:00 List-Id: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) writes: > If you want your programs to provide a standard casing for each > identifier, you can do that with a utility program, perhaps by > calling ASIS. -gnaty will do this (the casing needs to match the defining occurrence, or is it the first occurrence?) > But when you find a deviation, fix it. Don't > hassle the programmer about it. I don't understand who is doing the fixing here! I suppose you could imagine a compiler with license to change the source code and check it back in to the source repository without consulting the programmer, I would feel uneasy about it.