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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: rms@gnu.org
Cc: 58168@debbugs.gnu.org, mattias.engdegard@gmail.com
Subject: bug#58168: string-lessp glitches and inconsistencies
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2022 21:07:19 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <837d1fv4x4.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1oflty-00006o-DN@fencepost.gnu.org> (message from Richard Stallman on Tue, 04 Oct 2022 13:40:18 -0400)

> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> Cc: mattias.engdegard@gmail.com, 58168@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2022 13:40:18 -0400
> 
>   > If the fact that string= says strings are not equal, but string-lessp
>   > says they are equal, is what bothers you
> 
> That result seems paradoxical to me.

Not if you accept that comparing unibyte non-ASCII text with multibyte
text yields inherently unspecified results.

> Perhaps documenting the difference between these two relationships
> could make the current behavior comprehensible rather than anomalous.

Yes, that's one of the alternatives that I think should be on the
table.





  reply	other threads:[~2022-10-04 18:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-09-29 16:24 bug#58168: string-lessp glitches and inconsistencies Mattias Engdegård
2022-09-29 17:00 ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-09-29 17:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-30 20:04   ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-10-01  5:22     ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-01 19:57       ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-10-02  5:36         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-03 19:48           ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-10-04  5:55             ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-04 17:40               ` Richard Stallman
2022-10-04 18:07                 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2022-10-06  9:05               ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-10-06 11:06                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-07 14:23                   ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-10-08  7:35                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-14 14:39                       ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-10-14 15:31                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-17 12:44                           ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-09-30 13:52 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-30 20:12   ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-10-01  5:34     ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-01 11:51       ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-10-01 10:02     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-10-01 10:12       ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-01 13:37       ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-10-01 13:43         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-10-03 19:48           ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-10-04 10:44             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-10-04 11:37             ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-04 14:44               ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-10-04 16:24                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-06  9:05                   ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-10-06 11:13                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-06 12:43                       ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-10-06 14:34                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-07 14:45                           ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-10-07 15:33                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-08 17:13                               ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-10-01 13:51         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-01  5:30   ` Eli Zaretskii

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