Issue 641:  Do identifiers and keywords clash if they differ in case? (orb_revision)
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Summary: Summary: Section 3.2.3 and 3.2.4: It"s not said explicitly that an identifier may not differ from a keyword only in case since it differs only in case from a keyword

Resolution:  Fixed in 2.2+, Close
Revised Text: 
Actions taken:
July 30, 1997: received issue
June 25, 1998: closed issue
February 23, 1999: closed issue
Discussion: 
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Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 19:49:06 -0400
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Specification:    CORBA 2.0, July 1996

Section/Page:     3.2.3 and 3.2.4 (pages 3-5, 3-6)

Summary:          Do identifiers & keywords clash if they differ in
case?

Issue:

Section 3.2.3 says:

  Identifiers that differ only in case collide and yield a compilation
  error. An identifier for a definition must be spelled consistently
(with
  respect to case) throughout a specification.

  When comparing two identifiers to see if they collide:

   * Upper- and lower-case letters are treated as the same letter.

3.2.4 says:

  The identifiers listed in Figure 6 on page 3-6 are reserved for use
as
  keywords, and may not be used otherwise.

  Keywords obey the rules for identifiers (see Section 3.2.3) and must
be
  written exactly as shown in the above list. For example, "boolean"
is
  correct; "Boolean" produces a compilation error.

It is not said explicitly (but I imagine is intended) that an
identifier
may not differ from a keyword only in case - i.e. that "Boolean" would
*not* be a valid identifier, since it differs only in case from a
keyword.