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24.3.92; ls-lisp: Sorting; make ls-lisp-string-lessp a normal function?

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Message #221 received at 18051 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, dmantipov <at> yandex.ru, 18051 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18051: [Emacs-diffs] trunk r117726: Add string collation.
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 23:37:35 +0200

Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> writes:

> Ah, sorry, missed that (it is a long thread...).  Makes sense.  I
> assume this is on someone's TODO list since it's not done that way
> now.

Eli, that means you or me :-)

I do not want to interfere your work, but in case you are busy with
other tasks, I could do. Pls let me know.

>> Perhaps binding a variable to the object will do.
>
> We could do both: i.e., give the comparison function an optional
> argument that defaults to the value of the bound variable.  I'd think
> the value should be a locale object, though, not a string like
> "en_US". And perhaps the object should also record whether the
> comparison is case-sensitive, and other stuff like that.

Good idea, that would also make Glenn happy. (That's not a joke, I mean
it seriously!)

Best regards, Michael.

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