> Some languages have "picture" formats, where the structure > of the format string more closely mimics that of the desired > output. (This is true, e.g., of some Basics and of one variety > of Perl output.) The trouble with this is that it limits how > much information you can provide about *how* each value is > to be formatted within the available space.
COBOL! From the snippet Steven posted about C#, it seems to have a mode of "custom number formatting" which is picture-based. Bill _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
