On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 06:17:08PM +0100, Jean-Marc Desperrier wrote:
> Keld J�rn Simonsen wrote:
>
> > > Can't we have instead an alternative local available with single pass sorting
> > > algorythm ?
> > >
> > > Something like LC_COLLATE=en_GB.single_pass
> > >
> > > where we would sort as :
> > >
> > > ter
> > > tes
> > > t�r
> > > t�s
> > > tfs
> > >
> > > instead of the multipass ISO sorting which would be :
> > >
> > > ter
> > > t�r
> > > tes
> > > t�s
> > > tfs
> >
> > yes, you can of course create such a sorting, kind of
> > "ASCII" style for catering for all american needs.
>
> I don't get you.
>
> If you need something else than that in danemark, then you can create your
> dk.single_pass locale with the single pass algorythm YOU want, if this one is not
> adequate.
>
> It's not catering for everybody, opposite to when the programm forces the use of
> strcmp to avoid problems with multi-pass algorythm with strcoll.
I agree with you that such a sort specification can be produced.
It might even be fairly easy.
Keld
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