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Re: Idea for string comparison aid

From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
To: David Feuer <dfeuer at techhouse dot brown dot edu>
Cc: libc-alpha at gnu dot org
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 18:26:53 -0700
Subject: Re: Idea for string comparison aid
References: <20050803011311.GA9489@techhouse.org>

David Feuer wrote:
> I am wondering if
> it would be possible to write one-piece-at-a-time versions of strxfrm
> and wstrxfrm, much like mbrtowc.

No, and the fact that you suggest this shows you don't understand
collation.  Iit's not as simple as comparing ASCII.  Read the ISO 14651
spec.

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