/// Does not depend on the locale.
char_type uppercase(char_type c);
+/// Checks if the supplied character is lower-case
+bool isLowerCase(char_type ch);
+
+/// Checks if the supplied character is upper-case
+bool isUpperCase(char_type ch);
+
/// same as lowercase(), but ignores locale
std::string const ascii_lowercase(std::string const &);
docstring const ascii_lowercase(docstring const &);