This message was originally posted by Raymond Lee at CalTech and
accidentally rejected during moderation.
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Hi,
xace, 4_9k, Redhat Linux 7.2
is there something magical about "Used_in"?
i noticed this curiosity when i tried to use "Used_in" as a tag name in a
new data model. acedb read the models in without complaints but converted
Used_in to used_in when i looked at the models using xace display.
i tried a number of variations and it seems this phenomenon only happens
to "Used_in", the exact string.
this bug/feature does not affect my work in any significant way but i'm
just wondering why it happens. i had seen a similar phenomenon (for a
string that i cannot recall) in the drawing program Canvas. but in that
case my work was rather significantly affected because i needed to display
that particular string.
any ideas?
raymond
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Raymond
The string "used_in" is a pre-defined tag name in acedb, which doesn't,
for any obvious reason, follow the convention of having a leading
uppercase character.
Despite this convention, tag names are actually case-insensitive, so
when you created your "Used_in" tag, acedb assumed you meant the
existing "used_in", so converted it.
Purely to enforce the convention, I've now properised "Used_in" and a
few others that seemed to need it. This shouldn't change any
functionality, though it will reverse the polarity of the effect you
reported, of course.
Rob
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Rob Clack Acedb Development, Informatics Group
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