Subject: Re: bug#59275: Unexpected return value of `string-collate-lessp' on Mac

From: Ihor Radchenko <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 15:05:48 +0000

Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:

>> On Emacs 29 (adaa2fc90e) MacOS build:
>> 
>> (string-collate-lessp "a" "B" "C" t)  ; => nil
>> 
>> On Linux:
>> 
>> (string-collate-lessp "a" "B" "C" t) ; => t
>> 
>> The return value on MacOS is unexpected.
>
> string-collate-lessp is inherently platform- (and locale-) dependent.
> Don't use it if you want consistent results across platforms and
> locales.

Is there a better alternative?
Also, do I miss something, or is this pitfall not documented in the
docstring of `string-collate-lessp'?

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