Re: [gentoo-user] export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8

[Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>]

On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Chris Stankevitz
<chrisstankevitz@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 8:13 AM, Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> wrote:
>> Leaving LC_COLLATE unset will cause strings to be sorted according to
>> the normal rules associated with your locale.
>
> Mike (or anyone else),
>
> For which applications does setting LC_COLLATE affect sorting:
>
> a) Any C++ application that uses bool std::string::operator<(const std::string&)
>
> b) Any C or C++ application that compares char values using the '<' operator
>
> c) Any application that uses the system call "CompareStrings(const
> char*, const char*)"
>
> d) [your answer here]
>
> I'm sure the answer is not a or b.  I'm sure it's not c either since I
> just made it up.
>

From locale(7):

       LC_COLLATE
              This is used to change the behavior of the  functions
strcoll(3)  and  strxfrm(3),
              which  are  used to compare strings in the local
alphabet.  For example, the German
              sharp s is sorted as "ss".