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Re: [PATCH] manual: Clarify the documentation of strverscmp [BZ #20524]

From: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
To: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2016 15:10:05 +0200
Subject: Re: [PATCH] manual: Clarify the documentation of strverscmp [BZ #20524]
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On 08/31/2016 01:56 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:

Perhaps we should just say the comparison happens in an
implementation-defined manner and is only consistent within a single
process (just like strcoll).  It would simplify matters and would us
allow to fix the algorithm. :)


Any further comments?

I was only half-joking. Maybe we should indeed leave the exact sortingorder unspecified.


Florian

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