Re: Rework locale feature tests

On 15/12/2017 12:43, Vojtech Fried wrote:
> I have tried to update my libxml & libxslt used in my project. One problem I 
> see is with sorting and locales. I used to use (a modified version of) 
> xsltICUSort.c (in xslt/examples) to do sorting. (I can send you my version, if 
> you are interested, but it is a long time since I did the changes and I do not 
> remember the details) If I remember right it required to turn the locale 
> support off. This is no longer possible.

I think there never was a configure option for locale support. It certainly 
isn't a feature that was removed.

> I tried the new implementation of sort, but I get different results in my 
> project tests. E.g. sort without lang works in a different way. Sort with lang 
> handles upper/lower case sorting in a different way.

Maybe the behavior of the underlying ICU library changed?

> And I have a vague 
> memory, that you have to have system support for the locales for them to 
> actually work, which is not what I want, I want the sort to work on any system 
> in any configuration.

A custom sort function overrides the internal sort function. It shouldn't 
matter whether libxslt is compiled with locale support or not.

> Is using an external sorting function still a supported feature? Would you 
> consider reintroducing the possibility to turn off locale support?

External sort functions are still supported. It's possible that something 
broke in libxslt but we'd need more details.

Nick