[ ant-contrib-Bugs-1718198 ] CC, xlC file bids are case-insensitive

Bugs item #1718198, was opened at 2007-05-13 16:26
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Category: cpptasks
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: David Haney (darius42)
Assigned to: Curt Arnold (carnold)
Summary: CC, xlC file bids are case-insensitive

Initial Comment:
This issue was originally raised in Bug 1715475: 

Based on some experiments, it looks like the extension comparison is case-insensitive (for all platforms), however at least some of the compilers I tested were case-sensitive in their handling of extensions (for example, the Forte compiler will accept a .cpp extension, but will reject a .CPP extension).  Should CC-tasks file matching be case-sensitive or case-insensitive?  Or should it be determined by the compiler (Windows compilers will probably be case-insensitive, while some Unix compilers will be case-sensitive).

Initial response from carnold:

Looks like a debatable decision down in compiler/AbstractProcessor.  Definitely needs to be case-insensitive for the Windows compilers and gcc-like compilers on Windows.  Is there a scenario you have where there is, for example, a compiler that handles ".C" and a different compiler that handles ".c" and the current behavior depends on the order of the bids?  If there was a file that really wanted ".C" files, it could double its bid which would give it prescendence over a compiler that was just matching ".c".  I'd be reluctant to change it until I knew of a harm.

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