Patch for Preview: jcf-io.c and Win32 case-insensitive filename handling

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Mohan" == Mohan Embar <gnustuff@thisiscool.com> writes:

Tom> Another question which we have to ask is what the JDK does. Can you
Tom> find out?  I mean in a clean-room way.  For instance, does the JDK
Tom> require strict case conformance on Windows?

Mohan> It does, and this is trivial to demonstrate. I've been bitten by this
Mohan> many times during my Win32 Java development, which is why I feel
Mohan> comfortable with my approach.

Thanks, that's important information.  I agree this approach is fine
in principle.

Mohan> The crucial question here is whether you all believe this
Mohan> belongs in the compiler or somewhere else, as Ranjit intimated
Mohan> in a post to java-patches. I stand firmly behind my reasoning
Mohan> for putting this in the compiler, for reasons I mentioned in
Mohan> java-patches.

It is hard to imagine that this will be useful outside the gcj front
end.  Let's put it there unless somebody objects.

Tom