Re: [Python-ideas] Rough draft: Proposed format specifier for a thousands separator (discussion moved from python-dev)

Greg Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:

To be clear, I'm in favour of Nick's version.

(I share your concern about the apparent ambiguities in Eric's version -- it confused me too the first few times I read it!)

I'll chime in in favor of the simpler proposal and leaving the 'specify what characters to use' ability for later. That's the way I've felt from the beginning of the discussion, for what it's worth. It feels like the factoring Guido talked about ("yes I want thousands separators" and then separately "here's what I want to use for thousands/decimal separators") is the correct way to break down the problem. -- R. David Murray http://www.bitdance.com