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Re: locale specific ordering in EN_US -- why is a<A<b<B<y<Y<z<Z?
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Sven Mascheck |
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Re: locale specific ordering in EN_US -- why is a<A<b<B<y<Y<z<Z? |
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Mon, 21 May 2012 21:55:22 +0200 |
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On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 03:46:00PM -0400, Chet Ramey wrote:
> Posix says that ranges work the way you are used to if you force the
> traditional ordering using the `C' or `Posix' locale. Take a deep
> breath and use LC_ALL=C in your scripts to avoid depending on whatever
> your OS uses as the default.
I'd suggest to use "only" LC_COLLATE=C to keep other important features
like e.g. printability (LC_CTYPE) or localized messages (LC_MESSAGES).
Or has anybody ever noticed problems with this approach?
Sven
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- Re: locale specific ordering in EN_US -- why is a<A<b<B<y<Y<z<Z?, Linda Walsh, 2012/05/21
- Re: locale specific ordering in EN_US -- why is a<A<b<B<y<Y<z<Z?, Eric Blake, 2012/05/21
- Re: locale specific ordering in EN_US -- why is a<A<b<B<y<Y<z<Z?, Linda Walsh, 2012/05/21
- Re: locale specific ordering in EN_US -- why is a<A<b<B<y<Y<z<Z?, Chet Ramey, 2012/05/21
- Re: locale specific ordering in EN_US -- why is a<A<b<B<y<Y<z<Z?, Eric Blake, 2012/05/21
- Re: locale specific ordering in EN_US -- why is a<A<b<B<y<Y<z<Z?, Linda Walsh, 2012/05/21
- Re: locale specific ordering in EN_US -- why is a<A<b<B<y<Y<z<Z?, Eric Blake, 2012/05/21
- Re: locale specific ordering in EN_US -- why is a<A<b<B<y<Y<z<Z?, Linda Walsh, 2012/05/21
- Re: locale specific ordering in EN_US -- why is a<A<b<B<y<Y<z<Z?, Linda Walsh, 2012/05/21
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- Re: locale specific ordering in EN_US -- why is a<A<b<B<y<Y<z<Z?, Chet Ramey, 2012/05/21
- Re: locale specific ordering in EN_US -- why is a<A<b<B<y<Y<z<Z?, Linda Walsh, 2012/05/21