Generated files whose names differ only in case overwrite each other #70

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   needs haxeCan't be finished without a change in the Haxe compiler or std (HaxeFoundation/haxe)Can't be finished without a change in the Haxe compiler or std (HaxeFoundation/haxe)

   on Oct 19, 2026
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   on Oct 19, 2026

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   Status: the rest needs a change in the Haxe compiler (label needs haxe). Nothing more to do in libhxcpp until that lands.

   • Done here: fdb8d95 (on main) stops the build with an error that names the colliding files and says they differ only in case. Test: test/case_collision, also run in CI.
   • Remaining, in HaxeFoundation/haxe's C++ generator (the compiler, not the std): when two types would get file names that differ only in case, give one of them a different file name and update the #include lines and Build.xml entries to match. libhxcpp can't do this: the generator writes include/ and src/ before the build tool runs, so on a case-insensitive file system one file is already overwritten.
   • Workaround until then: rename one of the classes, or move one into a different package (packages become directories, so the files no longer collide).