> Shouldn't it permit "assa" and "a�a" to co-exist? It isn't like � is > canonically equivalent to ss (if I read the file aright, it isn't even > compatibility equivalent).
It is a case-insensitive system. If it is a case-insensitive system then one should be able to safely treat Uppercase(x) as x. Hence there should be only one file in the folder which in uppercase is "ASSA". Hence it cannot have "assa" and "a�a" co-existing. I know much of Windows doesn't consider � to be cased. Which is plainly incorrect. It's a language-dependent choice to regard > them as equivalent. I'd guess that should be the responsibility of the > de_DE localization package or something. � is a lowercase letter whether you use it in German or co-erce it into another language. "I like drinking wei�beir." is an English sentence, in upper-case it would be "I LIKE DRINKING WEISSBEIR." Such a use of � may be rare (especially since stout tastes nicer the wei�beir) but not to the point of being bizarre. Also, can you imagine the headaches of a system where a change in locale could put the file system into an invalid state!
