Case sensitivity (was Conjugate is weird)

>>>>> "James" == James Amundson <amundson@fnal.gov> writes:

    James> Let me make a couple of points clear:

    James> 2) I propose to make all of the maxima code use a single case (lower
    James> case). There will be no InterCaps, or other use of mixed case.
    James> (InterCaps were cool to me when I first saw them used in the 80's. Now
    James> they seem as about as tasteful as many other things that were cool in
    James> the 80's, e.g., MiamiVice.) We could make "all lower case maxima code" a
    James> coding standard.

    James> Does putting the code in all lower-case make case-sensitivity sound more
    James> palatable to you?

Yes, that's fine.  After all, I use Unix all the time in lower-case
mode, and I don't complain about its case-sensitivity.  :-) And I
actually use the case-sensitivity so that important files and
directories have upper-case names so they stand out.

    James> I certainly never had a DWIM system in mind, even though I can see how
    James> my wording would lead you to think that. I was thinking about a system
    James> like Mathematica's. Mathematica simply warns you when you have used a
    James> symbol that is similar to an existing symbol. It is important that such
    James> warnings can be turned off.

This is also acceptable.  Of course, I'd want the default to be off,
but perhaps that wouldn't be nice to new users. :-)

Ray