On Friday 08 June 2001 02:17 pm, NeonEdge wrote:
> > Another example is the chinese has no definite
> > sorting order, period. The commonly used scheme are
> > phonetic-based or stroke-based. Since many characters
> > have more than one pronounciations (context sensitive)
> > and more than one for
> The A-Z syntax is really a shorthand for "All the uppercase letters".
> (Originally at least) I won't argue the problems with sorting various sets
> of characters in various locales, but for regexes at least it's not an
> issue, because the point isn't sorting or ordering, it's identifying
>
At 11:29 AM 6/8/2001 -0700, Hong Zhang wrote:
> > If this is the case, how would a regex like "^[a-zA-Z]" work (or other,
>more
> > sensitive characters)? If just about anything can come between A and Z,
>and
> > letters that might be there in a particular locale aren't in another
>locale,
> > th
> > If this is the case, how would a regex like "^[a-zA-Z]" work (or other,
> more
> > sensitive characters)? If just about anything can come between A and Z,
> and
> > letters that might be there in a particular locale aren't in another
> locale,
> > then how will regex engine make the distinctio
> If this is the case, how would a regex like "^[a-zA-Z]" work (or other,
more
> sensitive characters)? If just about anything can come between A and Z,
and
> letters that might be there in a particular locale aren't in another
locale,
> then how will regex engine make the distinction?
This synt
> Another example is the chinese has no definite
> sorting order, period. The commonly used scheme are
> phonetic-based or stroke-based. Since many characters
> have more than one pronounciations (context sensitive)
> and more than one forms (simplified and traditional).
> So if we have a mix cont
> > I can't really believe that this would be a problem, but if they're
> > integrated alphabets from different locales, will there be issues
> > with sorting (if we're not planning to use the locale)? Are there
> > instances where like characters were combined that will affect the
> > sort order
> I can't really believe that this would be a problem, but if they're
> integrated alphabets from different locales, will there be issues
> with sorting (if we're not planning to use the locale)? Are there
> instances where like characters were combined that will affect the
> sort orders?
Yes, it
