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

[Paolo Bonzini]

Il 28/06/2013 12:24, Eli Zaretskii ha scritto:
>> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 11:23:53 +0200 (CEST)
>> From: Johannes Meixner <jsmeix@suse.de>
>> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>, Aharon Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>,
>>      bug-bash@gnu.org, bug-sed@gnu.org
>>
>> >From my point of view a primary question is:
>>
>> What matters more:
>> Consistent behaviour for all users across different platforms.
>> Inconsistent behaviour implemented in an "officially blessed" way.
> 
> When being consistent means being buggy, I don't want the consistency.
> I want the bug solved in all the programs I use, but if it takes time
> to do that, I will be glad in the meantime to use some programs that
> don't have that bug, i.e. are "inconsistent".

I will be less glad to move a regex or piece of code from one to
another, and find inconsistency.

Just use LC_COLLATE=C, as you have probably been doing for years.

Paolo