Eric V. Smith added the comment:
Well, you asked why commas only work with decimals and I told you.
Adding "_" would require a PEP. See PEP 378 if you want to write something
similar for "_". I think it's a decent idea. You'll have to decide between 4
and 8 bits, and what to do with octal
Another One added the comment:
Not for 3 bits, just for 4 bits, like this:
>>> print("{:_b}".format(123456))
1_1110_0010_0100_
And as I already said: "But '_' groups delimiter properly work with any integer
representation including decimals, hexadecimals, binaries, octals, etc.." Not
Eric V. Smith added the comment:
No one thought it made sense to have a comma every 3 bits. Or for octal or hex,
either.
Do you have some specific use case where it makes sense?
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New submission from Another One :
Example for binary representation:
>>> x = 123456
>>> print("{:,b}".format(x))
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
print("{:,b}".format(x))
ValueError: Cannot specify ',' with 'b'.
Why? Comma work only with decimals?
But '_' groups
