bug#47891: closed (sort --numeric-sort-Extra-Strength)

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Your message dated Mon, 21 Feb 2022 01:29:16 -0800
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has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #47891,
regarding sort --numeric-sort-Extra-Strength
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> sort --numeric-sort-Extra-Strength
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> Mon, 19 Apr 2021 21:15:52 +0800
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> Let's face it, sort, no matter what --option, or LC_... value,
> just can't achieve this order:
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> 3－1號邊
> 3號之1
> 3號之2
> 30
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> What's the miracle kid (me) doing right that sort(1) just can't sort
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> Mom told me "Just sort by numbers."
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> See https://www.jidanni.org/geo/house_numbering/sorting/ in your spare time.
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> Mon, 21 Feb 2022 01:29:16 -0800
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> On 4/19/21 06:15, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
> > Let's face it, sort, no matter what --option, or LC_... value,
> > just can't achieve this order:
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> > 3－1號邊
> > 3號之1
> > 3號之2
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> Plain 'sort -n' works for me, in my en_US.utf8 locale. :-)
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> I do take your point, though, that GNU 'sort' does not support sorting 
> by Taiwanese house address. The usual way to handle this sort of thing 
> is to transform the house address into a form that GNU 'sort' can 
> handle, sort, then transform back. I doubt whether we'll be adding a 
> --taiwanese-address-sort option any time soon so I'm taking the liberty 
> of closing the bug report.
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