Am 02.12.2010 03:01, schrieb Ben Finney: > "Stephen J. Turnbull" <step...@xemacs.org> writes: > >> Furthermore, he provided good *objective* reason (excessive cost, to >> which I can also testify, in several different input methods for >> Japanese) why numbers simply would not be input that way. >> >> What's left is copy/paste via the mouse. > > For direct entry by an interactive user, yes. Why are some people in > this discussion thinking only of direct entry by an interactive user?
Ultimately, somebody will have entered the data. > Input from an existing text file, as I said earlier. Which *specific* existing text file? Have you actually *seen* such a text file? > Direct entry at the console is a red herring. And we don't need powerhouses because power comes out of the socket. 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
