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bug#34524: wc: word count incorrect when words separated only by no-brea
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Bruno Haible |
Subject: |
bug#34524: wc: word count incorrect when words separated only by no-break space |
Date: |
Sat, 09 Mar 2019 14:52:49 +0100 |
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Hi Pádraig,
> >> In regard to options for enabling various behaviors for wc(1),
> >> I'm thinking we might keep the strict POSIX isspace() behavior
> >> with LC_CTYPE=C and/or POSIXLY_CORRECT=1, and use iswnbspace()
> >> by default
Since you plan to add a --words=... option in the future (as suggested
by Paul or me), it would make sense to add this option now, instead
of testing POSIXLY_CORRECT. If you introduce POSIXLY_CORRECT dependent
behaviour now (and need to keep it for backward-compatibility), you'll
have a hard to understand interface: What will the following do?
env POSIXLY_CORRECT=1 wc --words=unicode
wc --words=unicode
Bruno
- bug#34524: wc: word count incorrect when words separated only by no-break space,
Bruno Haible <=