Why some GUC parameter names are not lowercased

From: Gurjeet Singh <singh(dot)gurjeet(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: PGSQL General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Why some GUC parameter names are not lowercased
Date: 2012-10-30 15:49:36
Message-ID: CABwTF4V6Xd_x4FkBuCDYyf2YM0Q40bqy3RVZJkjukWk5bWQWNg@mail.gmail.com
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Is there a reason why Postgres chose to not use all lowercase characters
for these parameters' names.

postgres=# select name from pg_settings where name <> lower(name);
name
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DateStyle
IntervalStyle
TimeZone
(3 rows)

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Gurjeet Singh

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