GNU bug report logs - #2263
String comparison that takes locale into account

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:40:11 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 12008

Fixed in version 25.1

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: quiet <quiet <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: String comparison that takes locale into account
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:31:06 -0500

Severity: wishlist

string-lessp sorts according to ASCII. It would be nice if there was a
similar, locale-specific, function (cf strcoll in C) that accepted a
collation order as an optional argument, perhaps defaulting to
LC_COLLATE.

This would be useful eg in authors.el:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2009-02/msg00315.html
Merged 2263 12008. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 29 Jul 2012 23:01:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug marked as fixed in version 24.5, send any further explanations to 2263 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 26 Aug 2014 18:07:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug unarchived. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 04 Oct 2014 16:36:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug Marked as fixed in versions 25.1. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 04 Oct 2014 16:36:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug No longer marked as fixed in versions 24.5. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 04 Oct 2014 16:36:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 02 Nov 2014 12:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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