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A.4.10 String Comparison

Static Semantics

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{AI05-0001-1} {AI05-0286-1} {AI05-0298-1} The library function Strings.Equal_Case_Insensitive has the following declaration:
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function Ada.Strings.Equal_Case_Insensitive (Left, Right : String)
   return Boolean;
pragma Pure(Ada.Strings.Equal_Case_Insensitive);
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Returns True if the strings consist of the same sequence of characters after applying locale-independent simple case folding, as defined by documents referenced in the note in Clause 1 of ISO/IEC 10646:2011. Otherwise, returns False. This function uses the same method as is used to determine whether two identifiers are the same.
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Discussion: {AI05-0286-1} For String, this is equivalent to converting to lower case and comparing. Not so for other string types. For Wide_Strings and Wide_Wide_Strings, note that this result is a more accurate comparison than converting the strings to lower case and comparing the results; it is possible that the lower case conversions are the same but this routine will report the strings as different. Additionally, Unicode says that the result of this function will never change for strings made up solely of defined code points; there is no such guarantee for case conversion to lower case. 
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{AI05-0001-1} {AI05-0248-1} {AI05-0298-1} The library function Strings.Fixed.Equal_Case_Insensitive has the following declaration:
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with Ada.Strings.Equal_Case_Insensitive;
function Ada.Strings.Fixed.Equal_Case_Insensitive
   (Left, Right : String) return Boolean
      renames Ada.Strings.Equal_Case_Insensitive;
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{AI05-0001-1} {AI05-0248-1} {AI05-0298-1} The generic library function Strings.Bounded.Equal_Case_Insensitive has the following declaration:
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generic
   with package Bounded is
      new Ada.Strings.Bounded.Generic_Bounded_Length (<>);
function Ada.Strings.Bounded.Equal_Case_Insensitive
   (Left, Right : Bounded.Bounded_String) return Boolean;
pragma Preelaborate(Ada.Strings.Bounded.Equal_Case_Insensitive);
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Equivalent to Strings.Equal_Case_Insensitive (Bounded.To_String (Left), Bounded.To_String (Right)); 
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{AI05-0001-1} {AI05-0248-1} {AI05-0298-1} The library function Strings.Unbounded.Equal_Case_Insensitive has the following declaration:
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function Ada.Strings.Unbounded.Equal_Case_Insensitive
   (Left, Right : Unbounded_String) return Boolean;
pragma Preelaborate(Ada.Strings.Unbounded.Equal_Case_Insensitive);
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Equivalent to Strings.Equal_Case_Insensitive (To_String (Left), To_String (Right));
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 {AI05-0001-1} {AI05-0298-1} The library function Strings.Less_Case_Insensitive has the following declaration:
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function Ada.Strings.Less_Case_Insensitive (Left, Right : String)
   return Boolean;
pragma Pure(Ada.Strings.Less_Case_Insensitive);
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Performs a lexicographic comparison of strings Left and Right, converted to lower case. 
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 {AI05-0001-1} {AI05-0248-1} {AI05-0298-1} The library function Strings.Fixed.Less_Case_Insensitive has the following declaration:
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with Ada.Strings.Less_Case_Insensitive;
function Ada.Strings.Fixed.Less_Case_Insensitive
   (Left, Right : String) return Boolean
      renames Ada.Strings.Less_Case_Insensitive;
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 {AI05-0001-1} {AI05-0248-1} {AI05-0298-1} The generic library function Strings.Bounded.Less_Case_Insensitive has the following declaration:
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generic
   with package Bounded is
      new Ada.Strings.Bounded.Generic_Bounded_Length (<>);
function Ada.Strings.Bounded.Less_Case_Insensitive
  (Left, Right : Bounded.Bounded_String) return Boolean;
pragma Preelaborate(Ada.Strings.Bounded.Less_Case_Insensitive);
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Equivalent to Strings.Less_Case_Insensitive (Bounded.To_String (Left), Bounded.To_String (Right)); 
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 {AI05-0001-1} {AI05-0248-1} {AI05-0298-1} The library function Strings.Unbounded.Less_Case_Insensitive has the following declaration:
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function Ada.Strings.Unbounded.Less_Case_Insensitive
  (Left, Right : Unbounded_String) return Boolean;
pragma Preelaborate(Ada.Strings.Unbounded.Less_Case_Insensitive);
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Equivalent to Strings.Less_Case_Insensitive (To_String (Left), To_String (Right));

Extensions to Ada 2005

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{AI05-0001-1} {AI05-0286-1} The Strings.Equal_Case_Insensitive, Strings.Fixed.Equal_Case_Insensitive, Strings.Bounded.Equal_Case_Insensitive, Strings.Unbounded.Equal_Case_Insensitive, Strings.Less_Case_Insensitive, Strings.Fixed.Less_Case_Insensitive, Strings.Bounded.Less_Case_Insensitive, Strings.Unbounded.Less_Case_Insensitive functions are new. 

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