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

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> I am not 100% happy with this because I am sure people will keep
> discovering that the order in the file does not match the order
> suggested by their favorite sort program.   I was also hoping to learn
> from this discussion what the state of the art in in sorting unicode
> words is.  I believe this issue is addressed by some obscure parts of
> the unicode standard, but I am not familiar with them.

Actually, it's not. Rather, Unicode acknowledges that collation depends
on the locale, see

http://unicode.org/reports/tr10/

Of course, it would be possible to follow the Default Unicode Collation
Element Table (DUCET).

Regards,
Martin