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Re: [ddlm-group] LOOP versus LIST




On 6/01/10 3:04 AM, "Herbert J. Bernstein" <yaya@bernstein-plus-sons.com>
wrote:

> An index key is not a name, but a string, so I think it reasonable to
> accept the empty string as a table index value.

Agreed.
 
> Case sensitivity is an interesting question.  I would prefer case sensitive
> table indices, but I suppose that matter should be discussed.

Case insensitivity has always been with regard to data names and star
keywords. Data values have always been case SENSITIVE. The Table, it indices
and their associated values are ALL values in a CIF sense. Hence the indices
of a table are data and case SENSITIVE.

I think that is a consistent interpretation with CIF1 (and I think a better
interpretation to have the indices as case sensitive).


cheers

Nick

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