Subject: Re: bug#18051: 24.3.92; ls-lisp: Sorting; make ls-lisp-string-lessp a normal function?

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 12:45:07 -0400

Michael Albinus wrote:

> An optional argument to string-lessp could be inconvenient. IMHO, the
> most important use-case of string-lessp is being a PREDICATE of
> sort. This does not support optional arguments.

So make the argument optional, but defaulting to what the locale says.

BTW, this is http://debbugs.gnu.org/2263 (and 12008).