Re: Rational Range Interpretation patches, 2/3

[arnold]

> >> I assume LC_COLLATE still affects equivalence
> >> > classes, such as those in '[[=a=]b]', and that it still
> >> > affects collating symbols, such as the 'ch' in '[[.ch.]]'
>
> > The truth is, I have no idea what it's used for, so I didn't
> > say anything.  Can someone state definitively?
>
> POSIX says it affects [[=a=]b] and [[.ch.]].
>
> Perhaps someone can give them a try, to see whether that works?
> At least, it's *supposed* to work....  It requires a locale that
> has nontrivial equivalence classes and collating symbols, to check.
> If it works, then we can document it; if not, then we can document
> *that*.

I suspect it will only work on GLIBC and maybe Solaris systems, and
that too should be documented.

Thanks,

Arnold