VS 2005 - Case Sensitivity?

[gregory_may]

Is there any options in VS 2005 to better handle case issues in C# (Similar
to VB.Net)?

[John Murray]

Not sure that I understand your question .... C# is, by it's nature case
sensitive .... so that is not a configurable option ....
gregory_may wrote:

Is there any options in VS 2005 to better handle case issues in C# (Similar
to VB.Net)?

[Gabriel Magaña]

> Is there any options in VS 2005 to better handle case issues in C#

(Similar to VB.Net)?

You would not want to do that since writing code of this kind:

MyType myType = new MyType();

Is a widespread (and valid, language-wise) practice... Or did I
misunderstand your question?

[Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]]

It sounds like what you are asking is "Is there any way I can make the C#
language be case-insensitive like Visual Basic.NET?"

The answer is, of course, no, you cannot. C# is case - sensitive,, as is
C++, Javascript, and the Unix filesystem. That's a good thing!
Peter

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"gregory_ma y" wrote:

Is there any options in VS 2005 to better handle case issues in C# (Similar
to VB.Net)?

[gregory_may]

Ok, last time I was using VS2003 with C# the editor seemed to get confused
if I was using different cases (or a typo).

In VB.Net, the editor can always find the right object (since it doesn't
care about case).

Has the Editor improved any to let me better use auto-complete
(intellisense) on mixed case objects ...or at least help me identify a typo?

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It sounds like what you are asking is "Is there any way I can make the C#
language be case-insensitive like Visual Basic.NET?"

The answer is, of course, no, you cannot. C# is case - sensitive,, as is
C++, Javascript, and the Unix filesystem. That's a good thing!
Peter

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http://www.eggheadcafe.com
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"gregory_ma y" wrote:

Is there any options in VS 2005 to better handle case issues in C#
(Similar
to VB.Net)?

[Gabriel Magaña]

Yes, as you start to type, intellisense suggests auto-completions for what
you are typing, regardless of the casing. If you select an element off the
list, it is pasted with the correct casing.

Also, the identifier is colored in black if it could not be found. It is
greenish-colored if it could be found, so you can see at a glance if the
class/struct/etc... can be seen by VS.

[Me]

2 words.. not trying to be mean but it will probably come across that way

"Program better!"

Not wanting to care about case is IMHO crazy.. I hate looking through code
that looks like this:

int MyID;
myid=10;
if(myID > 100)
mYId = 1;
else
myiD++;

Now that is an extreme example but it kind of shows what I mean. If you
call something MyID then call it that.

If you really dont want to worry about case then just use all lower
letters.. At least all references to the variables would be consistant.

int myid;
myid=10;
if(myid > 100)
myid = 1;
else
myid++;
Consistancy is rule #1 in my book. No matter what you are talking about.

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Is there any options in VS 2005 to better handle case issues in C#
(Similar to VB.Net)?

[gregory_may]

Awesome!

It felt like my left foot was cut off in VS2003. I refused to use C#
because the editor was so poorly integrated (compared to VB.NET)..... sounds
like I can finally start looking at C# again.

"Gabriel Magaña" <no*****@no-spam.com> wrote in message
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Yes, as you start to type, intellisense suggests auto-completions for what
you are typing, regardless of the casing. If you select an element off
the list, it is pasted with the correct casing.

Also, the identifier is colored in black if it could not be found. It is
greenish-colored if it could be found, so you can see at a glance if the
class/struct/etc... can be seen by VS.

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

<"gregory_may " <None>> wrote:

Awesome!

It felt like my left foot was cut off in VS2003. I refused to use C#
because the editor was so poorly integrated (compared to VB.NET)..... sounds
like I can finally start looking at C# again.

Actually, that behaviour was in VS 2003 for C# as well. Just hit
Ctrl-Space to complete something regardless of case.

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[Bruce Wood]

VS2003 Intellisense also does case-insensitive identifier completion.
Problems crop up for me only when I use two identifiers that differ
only by case, for example:

public class A
{
private string abcd;
...
public string Abcd { get { return this.abcd; } }
}

within class A, typing "this.abcd" would choose either the field or the
property, depending upon which was more often used. I solved the
problem simply by changing conventions for naming identifiers.