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Help[Test] Re: Alphabetical ordering with modified Latin letters
in reply to a message by canary
I understand your frustrations, but this wouldn't be a simple change.
Different languages alphabetize in different ways. Vietnamese orders one way, Swedish another, Spanish another, etc. Often the search results include names from a variety of languages -- which one would I use? I could conceivably order differently depending on whether the search is limited to a single language, but this would be complex. Alternatively, I could allow the user to specify their preferred sorting strategy in a setting, but then search results wouldn't look the same for every user and therefore wouldn't be cacheable (meaning searches would become slower).
Different languages alphabetize in different ways. Vietnamese orders one way, Swedish another, Spanish another, etc. Often the search results include names from a variety of languages -- which one would I use? I could conceivably order differently depending on whether the search is limited to a single language, but this would be complex. Alternatively, I could allow the user to specify their preferred sorting strategy in a setting, but then search results wouldn't look the same for every user and therefore wouldn't be cacheable (meaning searches would become slower).