From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18037 invoked from network); 8 Jul 1998 17:45:22 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 8 Jul 1998 17:45:22 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA21927; Wed, 8 Jul 1998 13:23:05 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 13:23:05 -0400 (EDT) From: "Bart Schaefer" Message-Id: <980708102437.ZM9344@candle.brasslantern.com> Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 10:24:37 -0700 In-Reply-To: <199807081536.KAA00879@hzoli.home> Comments: In reply to Zoltan Hidvegi "Re: 'LC_COLLATE=de ls [A-Z]*' expands to 'every file' including lowercase" (Jul 8, 10:36am) References: <199807081536.KAA00879@hzoli.home> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (4.0b.820 20aug96) To: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu (Zsh hacking and development) Subject: Re: 'LC_COLLATE=de ls [A-Z]*' expands to 'every file' including lowercase MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Resent-Message-ID: <"_WMmZ3.0.YM5.uhwer"@math> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/4213 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu On Jul 8, 10:36am, Zoltan Hidvegi wrote: } Subject: Re: 'LC_COLLATE=de ls [A-Z]*' expands to 'every file' including l } } > Which standard, specifically? } } POSIX 1003.2 and X Open Single Unix Spcification Version 2. Well, yes, but I meant which volume. Commands and Utilities? } It says: } } Range expressions shall not be used in Strictly Conforming } POSIX.2 Applications because their behavior is dependent on the } collating sequence. Range expressions shall be supported by } conforming implementations. I just love it when committees do stuff like that. What does it mean for a shell to "support" but "not use" range expressions? I still think that in this case the cure is worse than the disease. -- Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.brasslantern.com