bug#40540: Faster sort with locale

2020-04-10 Thread Paul Eggert
On 4/10/20 6:19 AM, Ole Tange wrote: But would it be possible to convert the input string1 into a string in a generalized format, which would sort the same way as the localized sort, but using a simple compare? I tried doing that a long time ago by using strxfrm, but it made 'sort'

bug#40540: Faster sort with locale

2020-04-10 Thread Ole Tange
I have noticed that if locale is set, then sort becomes much slower. I imagine that it is because instead of doing simple_compare(string1,string2) it does: localized_compare(string1,string2) But would it be possible to convert the input string1 into a string in a generalized format, which