[Laszlo-dev] org.openlaszlo.sc.CompilerError: class names only differ by upper/lower case: "Top" versus "top"

[Henry Minsky]

the global var is a top level declaration so it  would get put into
its own file,
hence it could cause the same problem as a class declaration.



On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 8:51 AM, P T Withington <ptw at pobox.com> wrote:
> I should have included my example code:
>
>> <canvas debug="true" >
>>  <script when="immediate">
>>    var free = 'outer';
>>
>>    class Top {
>>      function test () { return free; }
>>    }
>>
>>    class Sub extends Top {
>>      var free = 'inner';
>>
>>      function test () { return free; }
>>    }
>>
>>    var top = new Top;
>>    var sub = new Sub;
>>    Debug.info("top.test() => %s", top.test());
>>    Debug.info("sub.test() => %s", sub.test());
>>  </script>
>> </canvas>
>
> There is only one class Top.  Is the check overly conservative?
>
> On 2008-08-06, at 08:39EDT, Donald Anderson wrote:
>
>> That check is in because classes must be named to files.
>> Class Glorp must be in file Glorp.as.  But some file systems
>> including MacOS, do not have complete distinguishing between case:
>>
>> $ echo foo >> glorp.as
>> $ echo bar >> Glorp.as
>> $ cat glorp.as
>> foo
>> bar
>>
>>
>> On Aug 6, 2008, at 8:06 AM, P T Withington wrote:
>>
>>> Why am I getting this error when compiling to swf9?
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Don Anderson
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>>
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>> email: dda at ddanderson.com
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>>
>>
>>
>
>



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Henry Minsky
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