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Re: Who's up for breaking IDL? [message #36013 is a reply to message #35824]

Mon, 04 August 2003 08:31

Paul Van Delst[1]
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Tim Robishaw wrote:
>
> Oh, wait. Now it does. Yeah. I'm confused. What this suggests to me
> is that you cannot have a file that stores a routine and name it with
> capital letters. (I could call the actual routine name, inside the
> file, PRO ReSoLvE_Me... this isn't a case sensitive issue... it's all
> about how I choose to name the file.) Otherwise, RESOLVE_ROUTINE will
> choke on it if the routine has not already been compiled. That is
> dumb. Someone please tell me that I'm right???

Yep - you're right. Filenames should always be lowercase (on unix systems at
least...dunno about windows.)

It is a bit nutty, I agree, but that's the way it is. I think case sensitivity
in any language is silly. I don't know how C programmers can stand it.

paulv

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		Who's up for breaking IDL? By: timrobishaw on Sat, 02 August 2003 14:10
		Re: Who's up for breaking IDL? By: R.G. Stockwell on Mon, 04 August 2003 10:06
		Re: Who's up for breaking IDL? By: James Kuyper on Mon, 04 August 2003 09:46
		Re: Who's up for breaking IDL? By: David Fanning on Mon, 04 August 2003 09:38
		Re: Who's up for breaking IDL? By: R.G. Stockwell on Mon, 04 August 2003 09:06
		Re: Who's up for breaking IDL? By: fburton on Mon, 04 August 2003 09:05
		Re: Who's up for breaking IDL? By: R.G. Stockwell on Mon, 04 August 2003 09:00
		Re: Who's up for breaking IDL? By: David Fanning on Mon, 04 August 2003 08:58
		Re: Who's up for breaking IDL? By: Craig Markwardt on Mon, 04 August 2003 08:39
		Re: Who's up for breaking IDL? By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Mon, 04 August 2003 08:39
		Re: Who's up for breaking IDL? By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Mon, 04 August 2003 08:34
		Re: Who's up for breaking IDL? By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Mon, 04 August 2003 08:31
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		Re: Who's up for breaking IDL? By: R.G. Stockwell on Mon, 04 August 2003 07:12
		Re: Who's up for breaking IDL? By: David Fanning on Mon, 04 August 2003 06:58
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