Re: Lua 5.2 string patterns do not respect lctype

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Subject: Re: Lua 5.2 string patterns do not respect lctype
From: Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@...>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:03:29 -0300

> The test for alpha in lstrlib.c uses `isalpha`, not `lislalpha`.
> I suppose this is a feature, not a bug, so that the definition
> of "letter" can be locale-dependent.

Yes, it is a feature. (The same is valid for other tests, too.)

-- Roberto

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