Re: [HACKERS] Bug #659: lower()/upper() bug on

On Tue, 2002-05-14 at 09:52, Tatsuo Ishii wrote:
>
> 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.

> 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 ?

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Hannu