On 1/8/21 5:10 PM, Bruno Haible wrote:
> Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) wrote:
>>>>>>> (a) using the values returned from a localeconv(3) call for lo‐
>>>>>>> cale-dependent information;
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (c) using the multibyte and wide character functions for text pro‐
>>>>>>> cessing if MB_CUR_MAX > 1; and
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (c) using strcoll(3), wcscoll(3) or strxfrm(3), wcsxfrm(3) to com‐
>>>>>>> pare strings.
>
> If you feel it's better to separate the functions for strings from the functions
> for wide strings, I would write it like this:
>
> * using the values returned from a localeconv(3) call for lo‐
> cale-dependent information;
>
> * using the multibyte and wide character functions for text pro‐
> cessing if MB_CUR_MAX > 1;
>
> * using strcoll(3) or strxfrm(3) to compare strings; and
>
> * using wcscoll(3) or wcsxfrm(3) to compare wide-character strings.
Thanks, Bruno!
> Regarding the type of enumeration, I generally use
> - (1), (2), (3), ... when the order matters, e.g. to describe steps that
> need to be done one after the other,
> - (a), (b), (c), ... for alternatives ("or"),
> - simple *, *, *, ... for other enumerations.
Agreed. I changed it.
Thanks,
Michael
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