[THRIFT-955] Thrift compiler for Windows uses lowercase names and directories which is inconsistent with compiling on other platforms

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.5
• Fix Version/s: 0.6
• Component/s: PHP - Compiler

Environment

Windows 7 64 bit. Using thrift compiler for windows found at: http://incubator.apache.org/thrift/download/

• Assignee: Roger Meier
• Reporter: Jeff Whiting
• Created: 13/Oct/10 21:25
• Updated: 14/Oct/10 18:09
• Resolved: 14/Oct/10 18:09

Description

Using thrift compiler 0.5.0 for windows found at: http://incubator.apache.org/thrift/download/ the compiler produces lowercase files and paths rather than honoring the capitalization of the thrift file. However using the compiler on other platforms (I've tested OS X specifically), or an older compiler for windows found on the wiki, the name follows the capitalization of the thrift file.

Windows compiler now compiling AdminService.thrift you get:
./gen-php/adminservice/adminservice_constants.php
./gen-php/adminservice/adminservice_types.php
./gen-php/adminservice/AdminService.php

What you get on other OSes and what you used to get on older versions of windows compiler:
./gen-php/AdminService/AdminService_constants.php
./gen-php/AdminService/AdminService_types.php
./gen-php/AdminService/AdminService.php

This is an inconsistency that can cause lots of headaches for developers when they are in a mixed environment using both windows and other OSes to compile thrift files. It makes it easy to get the wrong case and can cause problems for a case sensitive file system. It seems that the compiler should behave the same regardless of the platform.