[Python-3000] Looking for advice on PEP 3101 implementation details

[Eric Smith]

Guido van Rossum wrote:
> Hm, those damn dependencies. In that case I suggest adding it to sys
> instead of creating a new internal method. It could be
> sys._formatparser or whatever useful name you'd like to give it, as
> long as it starts with an underscore. That should solve it.

Okay, that's much easier for me.  I'll go in that direction.