Re: [WebDNA] Capitalize surprise
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2012
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 110009
interpreted = N
texte = 12 dec 2012 kl. 21:40 skrev Michael Davis
: > On Dec 11, 2012, at 11:56 AM, Christer Olsson = wrote: >=20 >> Capitalizing means first letter uppercase and the rest of the letters = lowercase. Sorry, but that's the way it is. >=20 > Where does it mean this? =46rom what source do you derive this = theory? Can you point to authoritative documentation, such as the = dictionary, as this is clearly a terminology based in grammar, not = programming. I have searched through several dictionaries and googled = the heck out of it and have found no evidence of any such rule. There = is simply no rule that I can find that if the first letter of a word is = a capital letter, the rest must be lower case. Please enlighten me. > To capitalize the words "dennis deYoung" your way would be silly. = [capitalize]dennis deYoung[/capitalize] =3D Dennis Deyoung. > So [capitalize][/capitalize] is equivalent to = [capitalize][lowercase][/lowercase][/capitalize]. > [capitalize] has redundant functionality that can be accomplished with = another tag, [lowercase]. > Because of this, it's overly complicated, if not impossible, to = properly capitalize the example above. As I said in my original reply to Ken: it's the way it works in every = programming language I know, and I see no reason why WebDNA should work = differently in this aspect. That doesn't mean I don't see a use for a = function working like to would like it to work. Best, Christer=
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12 dec 2012 kl. 21:40 skrev Michael Davis : > On Dec 11, 2012, at 11:56 AM, Christer Olsson = wrote: >=20 >> Capitalizing means first letter uppercase and the rest of the letters = lowercase. Sorry, but that's the way it is. >=20 > Where does it mean this? =46rom what source do you derive this = theory? Can you point to authoritative documentation, such as the = dictionary, as this is clearly a terminology based in grammar, not = programming. I have searched through several dictionaries and googled = the heck out of it and have found no evidence of any such rule. There = is simply no rule that I can find that if the first letter of a word is = a capital letter, the rest must be lower case. Please enlighten me. > To capitalize the words "dennis deYoung" your way would be silly. = [capitalize]dennis deYoung[/capitalize] =3D Dennis Deyoung. > So [capitalize][/capitalize] is equivalent to = [capitalize][lowercase][/lowercase][/capitalize]. > [capitalize] has redundant functionality that can be accomplished with = another tag, [lowercase]. > Because of this, it's overly complicated, if not impossible, to = properly capitalize the example above. As I said in my original reply to Ken: it's the way it works in every = programming language I know, and I see no reason why WebDNA should work = differently in this aspect. That doesn't mean I don't see a use for a = function working like to would like it to work. Best, Christer=
Christer Olsson
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