[Python-checkins] [Python-Dev] r83893 - python/branches/release27-maint/Misc/ACKS

[Benjamin Peterson]

2010/8/10 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen at xemacs.org>:
> Benjamin Peterson writes:
>  > 2010/8/9 Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com>:
>  > > On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 2:10 AM, alexander.belopolsky
>  > > <python-checkins at python.org> wrote:
>  > >> +PS: In the standard Python distribution, this file is encoded
>  > >> in UTF-8 +and the list is in rough alphabetical order by last
>  > >> names.
>  > >>
>  > >>  David Abrahams
>  > >>  Jim Ahlstrom
>  > >> @@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
>  > >>  Éric Araujo
>  > >>  Jason Asbahr
>  > >>  David Ascher
>  > >> +Peter Åstrand
>  > > From my recollection of the discussion when Peter was added, the
>  > > >first
>  > > character in his last name actually sorts after Z (despite its
>  > > resemblance to an A).
>  > This is correct. Don't think of Å as a kind of "A". It's its own
>  > letter, which sorts after Z in Swedish.
>
> That's true, but IIRC there are a fairly large number of letters where
> different languages collate them in different positions.
>
> Is it worth actually asking appropriate humans to think about this, or
> would it be better to use Unicode code point order for simplicity?

I think it's largely a unimportant discussion. If people have an
opinion of where their name should appear, they can by all means
change it. However, "rough" is probably as best as it'll ever get.



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Regards,
Benjamin