Case insensitivity (was Re: browse keys (@bk))

[Kenneth Brody]

Fairlight wrote:
[...]
> > But, are UPS shipping numbers case-sensitive?  (I don't have a tracking
> > number at the moment for me to test.)
> 
> I doubt it.  My point was not that they were.  My point was that Brian's
> assertion that you should -never- use letters any a unique identifier is
> highly questionable.

Ah.

I agree that letters are fine as identifiers, but I disagree that (as
someone up the line said) they should be case sensitive.  I'd really
hate to have part numbers "123a" and "123A" as distinct items.

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