[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #41669: Numbering Incorrect for taxonomies

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#41669: Numbering Incorrect for taxonomies
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 Reporter:  anthonycamilleri  |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)      |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:
Component:  Taxonomy          |     Version:
 Severity:  normal            |  Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:                    |     Focuses:
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Changes (by johnbillion):

 * status:  new => closed
 * version:  trunk =>
 * resolution:   => wontfix
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review =>


Comment:

 Thanks for the report @anthonycamilleri, and welcome to WordPress Trac.

 WordPress uses MySQL's sorting under the hood, and this sorting is correct
 from a technical point of view, although it is incorrect from a natural
 language point of view.

 In addition, a complication arises once you consider localisation. The
 sorting algorithm would need to take into account decimal points and
 thousands separators, which could be either commas or periods depending on
 the locale.

 I think this sort of use case is not really applicable in almost every
 case, and not really technically possible without a disproportionately
 high amount of effort.

 Closing as wontfix, unless someone really wants to try to fix this.

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