On Friday 08 June 2001 02:17 pm, NeonEdge wrote:
> > Another example is the chinese has no definite
> > sorting order, period. The commonly used scheme are
> > phonetic-based or stroke-based. Since many characters
> > have more than one pronounciations (context sensitive)
> > and more than one for
> The A-Z syntax is really a shorthand for "All the uppercase letters".
> (Originally at least) I won't argue the problems with sorting various sets
> of characters in various locales, but for regexes at least it's not an
> issue, because the point isn't sorting or ordering, it's identifying
>
At 11:29 AM 6/8/2001 -0700, Hong Zhang wrote:
> > If this is the case, how would a regex like "^[a-zA-Z]" work (or other,
>more
> > sensitive characters)? If just about anything can come between A and Z,
>and
> > letters that might be there in a particular locale aren't in another
>locale,
> > th
> > If this is the case, how would a regex like "^[a-zA-Z]" work (or other,
> more
> > sensitive characters)? If just about anything can come between A and Z,
> and
> > letters that might be there in a particular locale aren't in another
> locale,
> > then how will regex engine make the distinctio
> If this is the case, how would a regex like "^[a-zA-Z]" work (or other,
more
> sensitive characters)? If just about anything can come between A and Z,
and
> letters that might be there in a particular locale aren't in another
locale,
> then how will regex engine make the distinction?
This synt
> Another example is the chinese has no definite
> sorting order, period. The commonly used scheme are
> phonetic-based or stroke-based. Since many characters
> have more than one pronounciations (context sensitive)
> and more than one forms (simplified and traditional).
> So if we have a mix cont
ny languages have special combinations like
> ch, ss, ij that require special attention.
My understanding is there is NO general unicode sorting, period.
The most useful one must be locale-sensitive, as defined by unicode
collation. In practice, the story is even worse. For example, how do
you so
> I can't really believe that this would be a problem, but if they're
> integrated alphabets from different locales, will there be issues
> with sorting (if we're not planning to use the locale)? Are there
> instances where like characters were combined that will affect the
> sort orders?
Yes, it
I can't really believe that this would be a problem, but if they're integrated
alphabets from different locales, will there be issues with sorting (if we're
not planning to use the locale)? Are there instances where like characters were
combined that will affect the sort orders?
Grant M.
