WebAssembly / WebAssembly/component-model

Kebab-case definition produces collision when mapped to snake_case

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Description

The component-model grammar has this for <name>:

name           ::= <word>
                 | <name>-<word>
word           ::= [a-z][0-9a-z]*
                 | [A-Z][0-9A-Z]*

That accepts both "apple" and "APPLE". This leads to collisions when converting to snake_case for languages which use that convention.

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Start with the component-model grammar shown in the issue and trace how its name and word productions admit both casing forms. Review the five existing comments for prior decisions or constraints. Done means the specification resolves the casing ambiguity so valid names cannot collide after snake_case conversion.

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Assessment

Tech stack
wasm
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
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Needs clarification
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