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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/I18N/Collate.pm')
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1 files changed, 22 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lib/I18N/Collate.pm b/lib/I18N/Collate.pm index 35c8025367..170032c1b3 100644 --- a/lib/I18N/Collate.pm +++ b/lib/I18N/Collate.pm @@ -23,14 +23,21 @@ You can compare $s1 and $s2 above with to extract the data itself, you'll need a dereference: $$s1 -This uses POSIX::setlocale The basic collation conversion is done by +This uses POSIX::setlocale. The basic collation conversion is done by strxfrm() which terminates at NUL characters being a decent C routine. collate_xfrm() handles embedded NUL characters gracefully. Due to C<cmp> and overload magic, C<lt>, C<le>, C<eq>, C<ge>, and C<gt> work also. The available locales depend on your operating system; try whether C<locale --a> shows them or the more direct approach C<ls /usr/lib/nls/loc> or C<ls -/usr/lib/nls>. The locale names are probably something like -"xx_XX.(ISO)?8859-N". +-a> shows them or man pages for "locale" or "nlsinfo" or +the direct approach C<ls /usr/lib/nls/loc> or C<ls +/usr/lib/nls>. Not all the locales that your vendor supports +are necessarily installed: please consult your operating system's +documentation. + +The locale names are probably something like +C<"xx_XX.(ISO)?8859-N"> or C<"xx_XX.(ISO)?8859N">, for example +C<"fr_CH.ISO8859-1"> is the Swiss (CH) variant of French (fr), +ISO Latin (8859) 1 (-1) which is the Western European character set. =cut @@ -54,7 +61,7 @@ available locales depend on your operating system; try whether C<locale # Overloads: cmp # 3) # # Usage: use Collate; -# setlocale(&LC_COLLATE, 'locale-of-your-choice'); # 4) +# setlocale(LC_COLLATE, 'locale-of-your-choice'); # 4) # $s1 = new Collate "scalar_data_1"; # $s2 = new Collate "scalar_data_2"; # @@ -68,12 +75,19 @@ available locales depend on your operating system; try whether C<locale # collate_xfrm handles embedded NUL characters gracefully. # 3) due to cmp and overload magic, lt le eq ge gt work also # 4) the available locales depend on your operating system; -# try whether "locale -a" shows them or the more direct +# try whether "locale -a" shows them or man pages for +# "locale" or "nlsinfo" work or the more direct # approach "ls /usr/lib/nls/loc" or "ls /usr/lib/nls". +# Not all the locales that your vendor supports +# are necessarily installed: please consult your +# operating system's documentation. # The locale names are probably something like -# 'xx_XX.(ISO)?8859-N'. +# 'xx_XX.(ISO)?8859-N' or 'xx_XX.(ISO)?8859N', +# for example 'fr_CH.ISO8859-1' is the Swiss (CH) +# variant of French (fr), ISO Latin (8859) 1 (-1) +# which is the Western European character set. # -# Updated: 19940913 1341 GMT +# Updated: 19950602 1601 GMT # # --- |