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Range [a-z] does not follow collate order from locale.

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From: Bize Ma <binaryzebra <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-sed <at> gnu.org
Subject: Range [a-z] does not follow collate order from locale.
Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 17:58:05 -0400

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Package: sed
Version: 4.4-2
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

With a locale set to en_US.utf8 it is expected that the collating order is
this:

    $ printf '%b' $(printf '\\U%x\\n' {32..127}) | sort | tr -d '\n'
    `^~<=>| _-,;:!?/.'"()[]{}@$*\&#%+0123456789aAbBcCdDeEfFgGhHiIjJ
kKlLmMnNoOpPqQrRsStTuUvVwWxXyYzZ

It is expected that a range [a-z] will match 'aAbBcCdD…', all lower and
upper letters.
But it isn't:

    $ printf '%b' $(printf '\\U%x' {32..127}) | sed 's/[^a-z]//g'
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

However, the range [a-Z] does match all letters, lower or upper:

    $ printf '%b' $(printf '\\U%x' {32..127}) | sed 's/[^a-Z]//g'
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

If this is the correct way in which sed should work, then, if you please:

    - What is the rationale leading to such decision?.
    - Where is it documented?.
    - Where is it implemented in the code?.
    - Why does the manual document otherwise?.

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