Peter Memishian wrote: > > > I just noticed that we allow links to be renamed to include capital > > > letters. Is there any precedent for this? In particular, I'm a little > > > concerned that existing tools may not expect capital letters, and also > may > > > not be that careful in preserving or respecting case (e.g., if there's > > > both a0 and an A0, confusion may result). > > > > > I am not sure. > > > > If everyone agrees that we should not allow capital letters, should we > > simply fail the naming operation, or we should automatically convert the > > given name to lower-case? > > I'd think we'd fail it. BTW, I know that dlpi(7P) has stated that > upper-case characters are legal -- I've just never seen it in practice. >
Our current doc that spells out rules for valid link names quotes the restrictions listed in the notes of dlpi(7P). Are we definite about failing the naming operation if upper-case is used? In that case, I will need to change the text of the docs and not mention dlpi(7P) anymore, since we are deviating from it a bit. Raoul
