hixie: Clarify that all string comparisons are case-sensitive unless otherwise stated. (whatwg r5212)

hixie: Clarify that all string comparisons are case-sensitive unless
otherwise stated. (whatwg r5212)

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.4146&r2=1.4147&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=5211&to=5212

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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v
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retrieving revision 1.4147
diff -u -d -r1.4146 -r1.4147
--- Overview.html 27 Jul 2010 23:05:55 -0000 1.4146
+++ Overview.html 27 Jul 2010 23:38:07 -0000 1.4147
@@ -2960,7 +2960,8 @@
   characters in the range U+0061 to U+007A (i.e. LATIN SMALL LETTER A
   to LATIN SMALL LETTER Z) are considered to also match.<p>Comparing two strings in a <dfn id="compatibility-caseless">compatibility caseless</dfn>
   manner means using the Unicode <i>compatibility caseless match</i>
-  operation to compare the two strings. <a href="#refsUNICODE">[UNICODE]</a><div class="impl">
+  operation to compare the two strings. <a href="#refsUNICODE">[UNICODE]</a><p>Except where otherwise stated, string comparisons must be
+  performed in a <a href="#case-sensitive">case-sensitive</a> manner.<div class="impl">
 
   <p><dfn id="converted-to-ascii-uppercase" title="converted to ASCII uppercase">Converting a string to
   ASCII uppercase</dfn> means replacing all characters in the range

Received on Tuesday, 27 July 2010 23:38:56 UTC