FileVault in Snow Leopard and case-sensitive filesystem?

Does FileVault in Snow Leopard support case-sensitive filesystems?
I know it doesn't in Leopard but was wondering if the situation had changed with Snow Leopard.

V.K. wrote:
I don't know the answer to that but why are you using a case sensitive file system?
it's generally a bad idea not only because of filevault but also because many apps will not work well with it and some like many Adobe apps won't run on it at all.
I find it amusing how Apple tout the virtues of their operating system being Unix-based when they allow MSDOS-style bastardisations like this.
I've been using OS X for five years in case sensitive mode because I write software for (proper) Unix systems for a living. I need to be able to connect to a Unix-hosted version control system and know that my Mac isn't going to throw a wobbler just because there are two different files which would have the same name under a case-insensitive file system.
It's a shame that I am therefore denied access to Filevault but, from what I hear, Filevault causes all sorts of problems with Time Machine backups anyway, so perhaps it's for the best.
I have to say, in five years I haven't encountered a single piece of software that has a problem with case-sensitivity although, admittedly, I've never voluntarily used any Adobe software (does Adobe Air count)?

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