> > Are you sure that say, de_DE.utf8 locale produce meaningful results > > for any other languages? > > there are often subtle differences, but upper() and lower() are much > more likely to produce right results than collation order or date/money > formats. > > in fact seem to be only 10 distinct LC_CTYPE files for ~110 locales with > most european-originated languages having the same and only > tr_TR, zh_??, fr_??,da_DK, de_??, ro_RO, sr_YU, ja_JP and ko_KR having > their own.
I see. So the remaining problem would be how to detect the existence of *.utf8 collation at the configure time. > > If so, why are there so many *.utf8 locales? > > As I understand it, a locale should cover all locale-specific issues > > > > btw, does Japanese language have distinct upper and lower case letters ? > > > > There are "full width alphabets" in Japanese. Thoes include not only > > ASCII letters but also some European characters. > > Are these ASCII and European characters uppercased in some > Japanese-specific way ? Probably not, but I'm not sure since my Linux box does not have *.utf8 locales. -- Tatsuo Ishii ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
