Re: [gnugo-devel] auto generated regression tests

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Gunnar wrote:

> > One issue is that as written matcher_status returns statuses in
> > uppercase while dragon_status returns statuses in lowercase. We
> > would have to standardize this. 
> > 
> > It seems better to me to use uppercases.
> 
> > I didn't give a rationale for this. The rationale is that ALIVE, DEAD, ...
> > is what is used in the source code.
> 
> I disagree. It's better to continue with lower case since we already
> use that in the dragon_status command. Generally I prefer to avoid
> all-caps words, except where such are established practice, such as in
> C macros.

You could say we have an established practice. Our functions status_to_string
and safety_to_string produce upper case output, and ALIVE, DEAD, ... are
used consistently in both the source and the documentation.

Dan