GNU bug report logs - #18051
24.3.92; ls-lisp: Sorting; make ls-lisp-string-lessp a normal function?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de

Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 06:24:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.3.92

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #170 received at 18051 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 18051 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18051: 24.3.92; ls-lisp: Sorting;
 make ls-lisp-string-lessp a normal function?
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).
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