GNU bug report logs - #58168
string-lessp glitches and inconsistencies

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 16:25:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 58168 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#58168: string-lessp glitches and inconsistencies
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2022 08:30:56 +0300

> Cc: 58168 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 15:52:12 +0200
> 
> You also have
> 
> (string 4194176)
> => "\200"
> "\x80"
> => "\200"
> 
> which are kinda equal in some ways, and not in other ways.

So are "A" and "𝙰", or "א" and "ℵ": kinda equal in some ways, but not
in others.  That doesn't mean they should compare equal.
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