[A-Z]* oddities

Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha strange at nsk.no-ip.org
Tue Feb 3 14:07:21 UTC 2004


On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 04:46:42PM -0500, Alan Cox wrote:
> utf-8 is a character encoding. It doesn't relate to sort (or more properly
> "collation") order.

Yes, I've realized that.

> > Well, if that's the standard, then it isn't broken...
> 
> The standard depends on the actual language/location. Some sort AaBbCc others
> have more complex rules (a b c ch d dd e f ff g ng ...) etc

I understand. It's different from what I would choose, but that is a matter
of opinion or, most likely, habit.

But I still find it odd that in en_GB they would put 'a' before 'A'
(aAbB...).

Regards,
Luciano Rocha





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