HLL name vs. pbc name, case issues

[Bernhard Schmalhofer]

kjstol schrieb:
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 7:41 AM, Stephen Weeks <tene at allalone.org> wrote:
>   
>> Right now, several HLLs are registering their name (with compreg
>> and .HLL) as uppercase, but generating pbcs with lowercase names.  For
>> example, compreg Perl6 vs. perl6.pbc.
>>
>> This causes problems with the load_language opcode, possibly among other
>> situations.  For load_language to be used with current languages, either
>> load_language would need to downcase its argument, or HLLs will need to
>> downcase their arguments to load_language.  Passing the same argument
>> with different cases to similar opcodes feels hackish.  I'd prefer
>> everything be case-sensitive and consistent, but everything consistently
>> being case-insensitive about HLL names would be acceptable too.
>>
>> Allison wants feedback on this from the general pool of HLL developers.
>>
>> Please comment.
>>     
>
>
> I would prefer everything to be case-sensitive. Although there is the
> possibility of accidentally using a capital letter somewhere ("D'Oh! I
> used 'perl6.pbc' instead of 'Perl6.pbc'! "), from a didactic point of
> view it is more useful, IMHO. (the way I learn stuff is looking at
> examples, and suppose 2 different spellings are used, then I "match"
> where one spelling is used, and where the other one is used, if you
> know what I mean).
>
> cheers,
> kjs
>
>   
I second kjs's reply. Magic down or upcasing is IMHO more confusing than 
helpful.

Regards,
   Bernhard