Greg Ewing writes: > Nick Coghlan wrote: > > > [[fill]align][sign][#][0][minimumwidth][,sep][.precision][type] > > > > 'sep' is the new field that defines the thousands separator. > > Wouldn't it be better to use a locale setting for this, > instead of having to specify it in every format string?
Maybe, but the POSIX locale concept is broken (because it's process- global) in many contexts. Viz. > If an app is using a particular thousands separator in > one place, it will probably want to use it everywhere. Not if that app is internationalized (eg, a webapp that serves both Americans and Chinese). _______________________________________________ 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
