[Python-checkins] [Python-Dev] r83893 - python/branches/release27-maint/Misc/ACKS

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Benjamin Peterson writes:
 > 2010/8/9 Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com>:
 > > On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 2:10 AM, alexander.belopolsky
 > > <python-checkins at python.org> wrote:
 > >> +PS: In the standard Python distribution, this file is encoded
 > >> in UTF-8 +and the list is in rough alphabetical order by last
 > >> names.
 > >>
 > >>  David Abrahams
 > >>  Jim Ahlstrom
 > >> @@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
 > >>  Éric Araujo
 > >>  Jason Asbahr
 > >>  David Ascher
 > >> +Peter Åstrand
 > > From my recollection of the discussion when Peter was added, the
 > > >first
 > > character in his last name actually sorts after Z (despite its
 > > resemblance to an A).
 > This is correct. Don't think of Å as a kind of "A". It's its own
 > letter, which sorts after Z in Swedish.

That's true, but IIRC there are a fairly large number of letters where
different languages collate them in different positions.

Is it worth actually asking appropriate humans to think about this, or
would it be better to use Unicode code point order for simplicity?