Re: locale specific ordering in EN_US -- why is a<A<b<B<y<Y<z<Z?

[Sven Mascheck]

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 03:46:00PM -0400, Chet Ramey wrote:

> Posix says that ranges work the way you are used to if you force the
> traditional ordering using the `C' or `Posix' locale.  Take a deep
> breath and use LC_ALL=C in your scripts to avoid depending on whatever
> your OS uses as the default.

I'd suggest to use "only" LC_COLLATE=C to keep other important features
like e.g. printability (LC_CTYPE) or localized messages (LC_MESSAGES).
Or has anybody ever noticed problems with this approach?

Sven