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

[Eric Smith]

Decimal shouldn't really have to completely reimplement locale-based formatting, especially when it already exists in the core. I just want to expose it.

I see. Sounds like you're looking for the parser to have some hooks so that people writing new __format__ methods don't have to start from scratch.

I completely agree. That's why I said "But this is all orthogonal to the str.format() discussion." I meant "orthogonal" in the "unrelated" sense.

Makes sense. Hopefully, we can get this thread back on track for evaluating the proposal for a minor buildout to the existing mini-language. Raymond