[issue23195] Sorting with locale (strxfrm) does not work properly with Python3 on BSD or OS X

2015-01-08 Thread Ned Deily
Changes by Ned Deily n...@acm.org: -- title: Sorting with locale (strxfrm) does not work properly with Python3 on Macos - Sorting with locale (strxfrm) does not work properly with Python3 on BSD or OS X ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org

[issue23195] Sorting with locale (strxfrm) does not work properly with Python3 on BSD or OS X

2015-01-08 Thread STINNER Victor
STINNER Victor added the comment: The postresq discussion and some earlier Python issues suggest using ICU to properly implement Unicode functions like collation across all platforms. In my experience, the locale module is error-prone and not reliable, especially if you want portability. It