On 7/2/21 4:19 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
we might be able to improve things. For example, using strxfrm() + strcmp() to minimize processing.
I tried that long ago, and it was waaayyy slower than strcoll in the typical case. glibc strxfrm is not at all optimized.
Which is fine, since strxfrm is a dumb API: its only point is performance but its portable API is inherently low-performance for typical uses. I've never seen it useful.
In short, this is a glibc strcoll bug and should be fixed there.
