Re: Customization variable to disable Unicode collation?

[Gavin Smith]

On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 09:25:38PM +0100, Patrice Dumas wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 08:15:33PM +0000, Gavin Smith wrote:
> > Below is a patch to introduce a new variable to avoid using the
> > Unicode::Collate module.  Turning the module off shortens run times by
> > about 5% (depending on the size of indices in the document).
> > 
> > Users can use this if they don't find texi2any fast enough, if they
> > don't care about having the indices sorted correctly, if they don't
> > have many non-ASCII characters in index entry text, or just for working
> > on a manual.
> > 
> > I propose that USE_UNICODE_COLLATE is on by default, as is currently
> > the case, to have correct index sorting by default, as the impact is
> > relatively small.
> 
> With not unicode collation, the index sorting could be done in C, and my
> guess is that the impact would be important.

It might be - would I be right in saying that this code isn't written?

> > Patrice, is this the correct way to add a customization variable (as
> > I am not familiar with the new Texinfo/options_data.txt file).
> 
> Yes, it looks good.  As a side note, shouldn't the variable name rather
> be USE_UNICODE_COLLATION?

I was referring to the Unicode::Collate module but USE_UNICODE_COLLATION
is just as good a name if not better (as it is grammatical English and
not referring so much to the implementation details of which module is
used to accomplish it).