Re: AI 2000-05-010: proposed interface

[Jon Parmet <yyy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> 
> Keld Jørn Simonsen <yyyy@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > In my mind [a-c] should include a A b B c C (and diacritcs).
> > New and novice users would expect that behaviour.
> 
> On which planet do you live?  People writing
> 
>         rm [a-z]*
> 
> don't want to see their file named IMPORTANT being removed.
> 
> > It is only due to heritage from the POSIX/C locale that
> > some people expect it not to include the uppercase letters
> > and the diacritics.
> 
> Diacritics are OK.  But uppercase characters: no.  And its not just
> inheritance.  You apparently are not using the shell much.  It's a
> matter of convenience to be able to remove files based on this kind of
> classification.  And note: [a-c]  does not include aAbBcC.  It includes
> aAbBc or AaBbC.
> 
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Thanks,

Jon Parmet