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SDL_getenv() shoudl be case-insensitive (at least on Windows) #15086

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@fabiangreffrath

Hi there,

on Windows, getenv() is case-insensitive, whereas SDL_getenv() isn't.

#include <SDL3/SDL.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
  const char *str1 = "SystemRoot";
  const char *str2 = "SYSTEMROOT";

  const char *env1 = getenv(str1);
  const char *env2 = getenv(str2);

  fprintf(stderr, "%s %s \n", env1, env2);

  const char *env3 = SDL_getenv(str1);
  const char *env4 = SDL_getenv(str2);

  fprintf(stderr, "%s %s \n", env3, env4);

  return 0;
}
$ LDLIBS=-lSDL3 make getenv
cc     getenv.c  -lSDL3 -o getenv

$ ./getenv.exe
C:\WINDOWS C:\WINDOWS
(null) C:\WINDOWS

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