On 2005-02-16 09:41:13 -0800, Per Bothner wrote: > Preferably, the sort algorithm should match 'ls'.
FYI, the way ls (from the coreutils) sorts the filenames is locale-dependent. :( > No problem. The client's request can include the current LOCALE value. > However, I'm not sure that's derirable. Obviously the charset and > language used for filenames cannot be client-dependent. The sort > order could be client-dependent, but since it might not match the > server language, I don't think it makes sense. If I'm a German > speaker working with repository containing English filenames, the > sort order should be English, regardless of my LOCALE. I agree. With French locales, the "-" character is ignored for sorting (with ls, but not specifically, AFAIK), so I got strange results when sorting filenames of the form: <number>-<number>. > Having output in a well-specified order is very important. How else > would I be able to compare two 'diff' runs otherwise? [...] Output could also be unspecified, but reproducible. That would be sufficient to compare diffs. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA
