From VM Thu Feb 22 16:05:17 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: zzzzz@wwww.org Received: from digicool.com (host15.digitalcreations.d.subnet.rcn.com [208.59.6.15]) by mail.wwww.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD081D37AC for ; Thu, 22 Feb 2001 04:54:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from by digicool.com (CommuniGate Pro RULES 3.3.2) with RULES id 1498944; Thu, 22 Feb 2001 04:56:22 -0500 Received: from ns2.digicool.com ([216.164.72.2] verified) by digicool.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.3.2) with ESMTP id 1498943 for zzzzz@mail.digicool.com; Thu, 22 Feb 2001 04:56:22 -0500 Received: from mail.python.org (mail.python.org [63.102.49.29]) by ns2.digicool.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id EAA15538 for ; Thu, 22 Feb 2001 04:54:14 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1] helo=mail.python.org) by mail.python.org with esmtp (Exim 3.21 #1) id 14VsRz-0002Md-00 for zzzzz@digicool.com; Thu, 22 Feb 2001 04:54:15 -0500 Received: from [204.68.24.95] (helo=nm195.netaddress.usa.net) by mail.python.org with smtp (Exim 3.21 #1) id 14VsRh-0002K2-00 for python-list-admin@python.org; Thu, 22 Feb 2001 04:53:57 -0500 Received: (qmail 1169 invoked by uid 0); 22 Feb 2001 09:51:46 -0000 Message-ID: <20010222095146.1166.qmail@nm195.netaddress.usa.net> Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: From: MAILER-DAEMON@usa.net Sender: python-list-owner@python.org To: python-list-admin@python.org Subject: Processing Error Date: 22 Feb 2001 09:51:46 -0000 X-Autogenerated: Mirror X-Mirrored-by: X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 (101270) Intended recipient: chris.ggggmmmm@usa.net The following mail has been returned because it encountered an error while being processed. Please try to resend this message. A notice of this error has been reported to the POSTMASTER at USA.NET which will attempt to contact the intended recipient. --------RETURNED MAIL FOLLOWS-------- Received: from mail.python.org [63.102.49.29] by nm195 via mtad (34FM.0700.12.01) with ESMTP id 167FBVJzI0889M19; Thu, 22 Feb 2001 09:51:43 GMT Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1] helo=mail.python.org) by mail.python.org with esmtp (Exim 3.21 #1) id 14Vs49-0000n4-00; Thu, 22 Feb 2001 04:29:37 -0500 Path: news.baymountain.net!uunet!ash.uu.net!npeer.kpnqwest.net!news.tele.dk!130.133.1.3!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!adsl-138-89-39-3.nnj.adsl.bellatlantic.NET!not-for-mail From: ccccc@meezon.com (Ccccc Mmmmm) Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: import statement is case sensitive Lines: 28 Message-ID: <3a947ac4.802440@News.CIS.DFN.DE> References: <3a943bea.525315589@News.CIS.DFN.DE> NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-138-89-39-3.nnj.adsl.bellatlantic.net (138.89.39.3) X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 982810722 24108160 138.89.39.3 (16 [57226]) X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.1/32.230 Xref: news.baymountain.net comp.lang.python:89820 To: python-list@python.org Sender: python-list-admin@python.org Errors-To: python-list-admin@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 (101270) Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 02:58:29 GMT "Lyle" wrote: >> Also what is the purpose of even having it case sensitive. I've yet to >> see a file system that has case sensitive filenames.... > >There is an operating system called "Unix" that has case-sensitive file >names. There is a slight chance that others on this newsgroup have also >heard of this obscure operating system. > Well given the fact that Linux and Windows is beating it to death I can see why Unix is becoming obscure :) Actually I would consider this a shortcoming of Unix. Shipping a product that depends on the directory names and files being in the right case must cause all sorts of headaches. I am trying to run an an application under Windows and now I have to worry if my directory name is in the correct case. I use PythonWin (a fantastic product) to run and test it. There is no option for telling it to ignore the case of the import filenames that I could see. And renaming directories and files is not an easy option.. But anyway, this is should automatically be handled in Python depending on the OS. Why would asnyone make the same filenames with different cases? Is there a good use? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list ---------END OF RETURNED MAIL--------