From: jon@hackcraft.net
Date: Mon Dec 01 2003 - 10:19:56 EST
> Shouldn't it permit "assa" and "aßa" to co-exist? It isn't like ß is
> canonically equivalent to ss (if I read the file aright, it isn't even
> compatibility equivalent).
It is a case-insensitive system. If it is a case-insensitive system then one
should be able to safely treat Uppercase(x) as x. Hence there should be only
one file in the folder which in uppercase is "ASSA". Hence it cannot
have "assa" and "aßa" co-existing.
I know much of Windows doesn't consider ß to be cased. Which is plainly
incorrect.
It's a language-dependent choice to regard
> them as equivalent. I'd guess that should be the responsibility of the
> de_DE localization package or something.
ß is a lowercase letter whether you use it in German or co-erce it into another
language. "I like drinking weißbeir." is an English sentence, in upper-case it
would be "I LIKE DRINKING WEISSBEIR." Such a use of ß may be rare (especially
since stout tastes nicer the weißbeir) but not to the point of being bizarre.
Also, can you imagine the headaches of a system where a change in locale could
put the file system into an invalid state!
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