Re: mandating Unicode collation for Perl?

On Fri, May 29, 2026 at 07:28:39PM +0200, Patrice Dumas wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Now that there is always unicode collation for C, I would propose to
> have the same requirement for Perl, that is require Unicode::Collate
> to be present.  Nowadays, texi2any in pure Perl is a different option,
> mainly relevant for users in case of issues with C, I think that it
> would be better if the pure Perl option had the same features as the C
> command.

That sounds like a good idea.  We have had issues in the past of the
fallback code (Texinfo::CollateStub) not being tested and having problems.

Can I confirm that if Unicode::Collate is not present, but the C index
code is used instead of the Perl code in Texinfo/Indices.pm, then there
will be no error?