[Python-checkins] r61123 - in python/trunk: Lib/decimal.py Lib/test/test_decimal.py Misc/NEWS

[Eric Smith]

Mark Dickinson wrote:
> Raymond Hettinger <python <at> rcn.com> writes:
> 
>> Wow, the decimal module has grown to 5500 lines.
>>
>> Raymond
>>
> 
> It would be really great if the code for parsing the
> format specifier and padding and aligning the
> formatted value could be put elsewhere in the
> std. lib.;  it's really not decimal specific, and
> it could be potentially useful to other modules.

Similarly, the C code to do the same thing could be made visible.  Both 
of these could be used by non-builtin numeric types that want to 
implement __format__.

> Any suggestions for places to move it to?

No particular suggestion, but if we create (for example) a formatlib, we 
could also create a _formatlib to hold the C implementations, and we 
would harmonize the interfaces.  Although the fact that it's needed by 
the builtin types float and int make it tough to put it all in a 
loadable module.