JuliaLang/julia

Check for case error in main-file when loading a package and give a good error message

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#29,938 opened on Nov 5, 2018

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Description

https://discourse.julialang.org/t/persistent-pkg-error/17183

Could see that there is a file with lowercase and error with a better message.

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Research direction
Examine Julia's package loading code in base/ and add a case insensitive check for the main file to provide a clear error message when the file exists but with different case.
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2
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1-3 hours
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Mostly clear
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75