Message-ID:	<ww03-BeFon82532@netaddress.usa.net>
Date:	Tue, 06 May 1997 08:39:59
From:	"Joseph Morris" <b52g AT usa DOT net>
To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: A few FS notions
Mime-Version:	1.0

I said:

> > > I declare and maintain that Case-Sensitivity should be 
_optional_
> > > so that I can switch it off.
> > 
> > How optional? If you format your HD to allow mixed-case, if you
> > switch to case-insensitive, won't everything break if your
> > directory has entries for
> > 'FOO.BAR' and 'foo.bar'
>
>No you'll end up with "foo.bar" and "FOO.BAR" will be mangled to
>become case insensitive.  

Name mangling?  That'll do.
Fair enough..

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