From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 59275@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#59275: Unexpected return value of `string-collate-lessp' on Mac
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 15:05:48 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87h6z0cl6b.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83iljgib4w.fsf@gnu.org>
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> On Emacs 29 (adaa2fc90e) MacOS build:
>>
>> (string-collate-lessp "a" "B" "C" t) ; => nil
>>
>> On Linux:
>>
>> (string-collate-lessp "a" "B" "C" t) ; => t
>>
>> The return value on MacOS is unexpected.
>
> string-collate-lessp is inherently platform- (and locale-) dependent.
> Don't use it if you want consistent results across platforms and
> locales.
Is there a better alternative?
Also, do I miss something, or is this pitfall not documented in the
docstring of `string-collate-lessp'?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-11-15 15:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-11-15 4:08 bug#59275: Unexpected return value of `string-collate-lessp' on Mac Ihor Radchenko
2022-11-15 9:51 ` Robert Pluim
2022-11-16 3:47 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-11-15 13:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-15 15:05 ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2022-11-15 15:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-16 1:34 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-11-16 13:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-21 7:28 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-11-21 13:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-22 1:24 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-11-22 12:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-23 10:39 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-11-23 14:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-24 2:22 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-11-24 7:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-26 2:03 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-11-26 8:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-26 8:47 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-11-26 9:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-27 14:00 ` Maxim Nikulin
2022-11-27 14:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-27 15:19 ` Maxim Nikulin
2022-11-27 15:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
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