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Yet Another Case Question

Robert Amesz sheershion at mailexpire.com
Sun Feb 23 15:29:54 EST 2003 
David Mertz, Ph.D. wrote:

> [list of reasons]

Well, there's at least one other reason for Python to remain case-
sesitive, and that is because Python is often required to interface to 
other languages - C(++) springs to mind here - which are case-sensitive 
as well[*].

So making Python case-insensitive might have the effect of lowering its 
appeal as an embedded language as well as making it just a bit trickier 
to forge Python modules out of existing libraries.


Robert Amesz
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[*] Interfacing with other languages is also a very good argument for 
adding a Boolean type to Python. But that had already been announced 
for 2.3, so any discussion about that particular subject is somewhat 
redundant now.
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