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.
next prev parent 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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