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Case sensitivity: a difference between Scheme and R5RS.


Hi there. Is there a good reason why guile differs from R5RS with
respect to case-sensitivity?

guile:

(symbol->string 'x)
"x"
(symbol->string 'X)
"X"
(eq? 'x 'X)
#f

R5RS:

(symbol->string 'x)
"x"
(symbol->string 'X)
"x"
(eq? 'x 'X)
#t