Locale-Sensitive Core Foundation C Function

Core Foundation CFStringRef

CFStringCompare

Internationalization (I18n) Function Overview

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I18n Issues

The compareOptions argument is effectively not locale sensitive by default. Ensure it is appropriately using user's locale by including kCFCompareLocalized in this argument's flags.

Generally one needs to pass in locale, encoding or language to ensure that any culture-dependent conversion is done properly. If you determine that the call is i18n-safe, you can use Globalyzer's Ignore Comment functionality to ensure that it isn't picked up in a subsequent scan.

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