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

[Fairlight]

You'll never BELIEVE what Kenneth Brody said here...:
> 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.

So would I.  But in the case I outlined last night, they might have a
distinct reason for doing so, even if it comes down to accomodating a bad
decision made a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.

mark->
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