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Re: Dealing with case insensitivity

From: Bryce McKinlay <bryce at waitaki dot otago dot ac dot nz>
To: Eric Blake <ebb9 at email dot byu dot edu>
Cc: tromey at redhat dot com, Jim Peters <jim at uazu dot net>, java at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 13:52:50 +1300
Subject: Re: Dealing with case insensitivity
References: <20020315090611.A23916@uazu.net> <87g0317rtg.fsf@creche.redhat.com> <3C926331.1040506@waitaki.otago.ac.nz> <3C9270E2.F5D3C49F@email.byu.edu>

Eric Blake wrote:

>The JLS forbids having a class named java/awt/image if there is a
>subpackage by that name. 
>
>When it comes to deciding between subpackages vs. inner classes, you can
>once again use the rule that no class can have the same name as a
>package to help make the decision.
>

Hmm, interesting. I suspect that gcj is getting this wrong. Implementing 
this rule may go a long way towards solving the problem.

regards

Bryce.

References:
- Dealing with case insensitivity
  - From: Jim Peters
- Re: Dealing with case insensitivity
  - From: Tom Tromey
- Re: Dealing with case insensitivity
  - From: Bryce McKinlay
- Re: Dealing with case insensitivity
  - From: Eric Blake

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