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wc: word count incorrect when words separated only by no-break space

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Message #23 received at 34524 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
Cc: vampyrebat <at> gmail.com, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> CS.UCLA.EDU>,
 34524 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34524: wc: word count incorrect when words separated only by
 no-break space
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2019 19:55:39 -0800

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On 24/02/19 17:07, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> So non break space is generally considered a word delimiter,
> though there are complications you detail from unicode.
> 
> In regard to options for enabling various behaviors for wc(1),
> I'm thinking we might keep the strict POSIX isspace() behavior
> with LC_CTYPE=C and/or POSIXLY_CORRECT=1, and use iswnbspace()
> by default, since that's the most common operation one would want,
> and is consistent with libreoffice for example.
> I'll adjust the patch along those lines.

Full patch attached.

cheers,
Pádraig

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