Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v11 20/28] qapi: Forbid case-insensitive clashes

2015-11-12 Thread Eric Blake
On 11/11/2015 07:53 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote: > Eric Blake writes: > >> In general, designing user interfaces that rely on case >> distinction is poor practice. Another benefit of enforcing >> a restriction against case-insensitive clashes is that we >> no longer have to worry about the situa

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v11 20/28] qapi: Forbid case-insensitive clashes

2015-11-11 Thread Markus Armbruster
Eric Blake writes: > In general, designing user interfaces that rely on case > distinction is poor practice. Another benefit of enforcing > a restriction against case-insensitive clashes is that we > no longer have to worry about the situation of enum values > that could be distinguished by case

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v11 20/28] qapi: Forbid case-insensitive clashes

2015-11-10 Thread Eric Blake
In general, designing user interfaces that rely on case distinction is poor practice. Another benefit of enforcing a restriction against case-insensitive clashes is that we no longer have to worry about the situation of enum values that could be distinguished by case if mapped by c_name(), but whi