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Re: [PATCH]Why do we store svn config section options in a case insensitive way?

From: Garrett Rooney <rooneg_at_electricjellyfish.net>
Date: 2007-05-21 18:04:47 CEST

On 5/21/07, C. Michael Pilato <cmpilato@collab.net> wrote:

> That's true, but to what degree do we care? We've only ever publicized our
> option names in lower-case form -- in samples, documentation, and
> discussion. So why would somebody choose to use a different form? Simply
> because they tried it and nothing fell completely over (for them)? Shame on
> them.

The last time this came up I asked DLR about it and he said it was
because the python config parser format (which we copied, and which
we've always used as the docs for the format) has case insensitive
keys.

-garrett

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