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

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Message #80 received at 58168 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: 58168 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#58168: string-lessp glitches and inconsistencies
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2022 21:07:19 +0300

> From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com, 58168 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2022 13:40:18 -0400
> 
>   > If the fact that string= says strings are not equal, but string-lessp
>   > says they are equal, is what bothers you
> 
> That result seems paradoxical to me.

Not if you accept that comparing unibyte non-ASCII text with multibyte
text yields inherently unspecified results.

> Perhaps documenting the difference between these two relationships
> could make the current behavior comprehensible rather than anomalous.

Yes, that's one of the alternatives that I think should be on the
table.

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