> The former ensures that literals in code are always readable; the later > allows users to enter numbers in their own number system. How could that > be a bad thing?
It's YAGNI, feature bloat. It gives the illusion of supporting something that actually isn't supported very well (namely, parsing local number strings). I claim that there is no meaningful application of this feature. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ 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
