* Steve Holden (2006-09-12 01:30 +0100) > Thorsten Kampe wrote: >> * Steve Holden (2006-09-11 21:37 +0100) >>>Uwe Hoffmann wrote: >>>>cjl schrieb: >>>> >>>>>I do set pythonpath, see above. >>>> >>>>is pythonpath really case insensitive on windows ? >>> >>>Only because the Windows filesystem implements case-insensitive >>>semantics. This is nothing to do with Python: >> >> That's nonsense: "Filenames are Case Sensitive on NTFS Volumes"[1] >> >> Thorsten >> [1] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/100625/en-us > > Sigh. Right, the semantics are actually inside the subsystem accessing > the filesystem, if I have to dot every I and cross every T. Note that > the reference you quote includes the test """However, if you attempt to > open one of these files in a Win32 application, such as Notepad, you > would only have access to one of the files, regardless of the case of > the filename you type in the Open File dialog box.""" > > So perhaps I should have said the Win32 API implements case-insensitive > semantics? Sure, if you want to use the POSIX compatibility layer it's > absolutely possible to create several files that Win32 applications will > be completely unable to distinguish between. Whatever good that might do > you. > > Sheesh, the nits that get picked on this list nowadays. I can remember > when it used to be fun, not an exercise in ego inflation.
It's exactly the same issue as with the environment variables: "You live and learn."[1] Thorsten [1] http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/249fa3ce96e757b3 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
