Re: locale specific ordering in EN_US -- why is a<A<b<B<y<Y<z<Z?
Paolo Bonzini <[email protected]>
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Il 28/06/2013 12:24, Eli Zaretskii ha scritto: >> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 11:23:53 +0200 (CEST) >> From: Johannes Meixner <[email protected]> >> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <[email protected]>, Aharon Robbins <[email protected]>, >> [email protected], [email protected] >> >> >From my point of view a primary question is: >> >> What matters more: >> Consistent behaviour for all users across different platforms. >> Inconsistent behaviour implemented in an "officially blessed" way. > > When being consistent means being buggy, I don't want the consistency. > I want the bug solved in all the programs I use, but if it takes time > to do that, I will be glad in the meantime to use some programs that > don't have that bug, i.e. are "inconsistent". I will be less glad to move a regex or piece of code from one to another, and find inconsistency. Just use LC_COLLATE=C, as you have probably been doing for years. Paolo