[Scummvm-devel] Make class String case insensitive by default?

[Max Horn]

Hi,

I am wondering whether we should turn the comparison operators of  
class String to be case insensitive by default (that would also  
affect hash(), of course). Looking through our code, we have to use  
scummvm_stricmp, or toLowerCase over and over again. So far, I  
haven't seen any case were we explicitly want case *sensitive*  
comparisons. Can anybody think of any examples for the latter in our  
existing code?

Case sensitive compares could still be achieved by using plain  
strcmp, but I figure by switching the default, we could simplify  
quite a lot of our code (most engine game detectors, config manager/ 
file classes, etc.).



Bye,
Max

P.S.: I am wondering whether *this* mail will draw any responses. Or  
if again nobody feels qualified enough / is interested / has the time  
to talk about or act upon it...