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=head1 NAME
Collate - compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current locale
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use Collate;
setlocale(LC_COLLATE, 'locale-of-your-choice');
$s1 = new Collate "scalar_data_1";
$s2 = new Collate "scalar_data_2";
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This module provides you with objects that will collate
according to your national character set, providing the
POSIX setlocale() function should be supported on your system.
You can compare $s1 and $s2 above with
$s1 le $s2
to extract the data itself, you'll need a dereference: $$s1
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".
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