On 3/12/09, Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> wrote:
If an accountant needs to knock-out a quick report, he/she should have a simple means of basic formatting without invoking all of the locale machinery.
Fair enough. But what does a thousands separator provide that the "n" type doesn't already provide? (Well, except that n isn't as well known -- but initially this won't be either.) Do you want to avoid using locale even in the background? Do you want to avoid having to set a locale in the program startup? Do you want a better default for locale? Do you really want a different type, such as "m" for money? (That sounds sensible to me, except that there are so many different standard ways to format money, even within the US, so I'm not sure a single format would do it.) -jJ