[asterisk-dev] Case-sensitivity of Dialplan variables.

[Michael L. Young]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Latham" <lathama at gmail.com>
> To: "Asterisk Developers Mailing List" <asterisk-dev at lists.digium.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 10:59:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-dev] Case-sensitivity of Dialplan variables.
> 
> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Walter Doekes
> <walter+asterisk-dev at osso.nl> wrote:
> >>> ("HASH" would be evaluated properly but "hash") would not. My
> >>> personal
> >>> opinion is that all variable evaluations should be
> >>> case-sensitive. I
> >>> don't feel all that strongly about it though and could easily be
> >>> swayed the other way if people respond overwhelmingly in
> >>> opposition.
> >
> >
> > My opinion: case sensitive.
> >
> > Don't delegate stuff to runtime (strcasecmp) that a good editor
> > and/or good
> > eyes should cover.
> >
> > There are always going to be case sensitive bits left (dialplan
> > options, for
> > starters). Better do everything in the proper case the first time.
> >
> >
> > I'd consider writing a basic on-dialplan-load check to warn people
> > of case
> > mistakes if that sways the opinion towards case-sensitive.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Walter
> 
> I think Walter touches upon a good point.  There are case sensitive
> options for apps, functions and the like.
> 
> I would vote "case sensitive".

+1 for case sensitive.  It just feels like the right thing to do and feels more natural for those working in a Linux environment anyways.

Michael L. Young
(elguero)