Date:	Mon, 15 Jul 1996 11:08:23 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Douglas Rupp <drupp AT cs DOT washington DOT edu>
Cc:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: .c vs .C vs .cc
In-Reply-To:	<199607131738.KAA08804@june.cs.washington.edu>
Message-Id:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.960715110602.13316L-100000@is>
Mime-Version:	1.0

On Sat, 13 Jul 1996, Douglas Rupp wrote:

> A problem arises with various DOS utilities which return filenames in all
> uppercase, so if one uses these to automatically generate compilation 
> scripts, the wrong compiler gets called.  It's not so much an issue with .c
> and .C as it is with .ADB and .ADS.  Gcc doesn't recognize these as Ada
> units at all.
> 
> I propose submitting a request to change the comparison code in gcc to
> make it case insensitve, as it already does for OS/2.

Why not use the -x LANGUAGE option to GCC to force it into calling the 
right compiler?  Seems like much easier solution to me.

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