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Unexpected return value of `string-collate-lessp' on Mac

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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 59275 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#59275: Unexpected return value of `string-collate-lessp' on Mac
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2022 03:47:19 +0000

Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I think this is expected. See the long thread on emacs-devel back in
> July, eg
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-07/msg00940.html
>
> (it resulted in the addition of `string-equal-ignore-case')

Ok. So, it looks like `compare-strings' is the way to go for
system-independent string comparison.

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