[Python-checkins] r70436 - peps/trunk/pep-0378.txt
raymond.hettinger
python-checkins at python.org
Tue Mar 17 20:38:35 CET 2009
Author: raymond.hettinger
Date: Tue Mar 17 20:38:35 2009
New Revision: 70436
Log:
Add notes on what Java does.
Modified:
peps/trunk/pep-0378.txt
Modified: peps/trunk/pep-0378.txt
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--- peps/trunk/pep-0378.txt (original)
+++ peps/trunk/pep-0378.txt Tue Mar 17 20:38:35 2009
@@ -141,6 +141,16 @@
.. _`COBOL`: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobol#Syntactic_features
+Java offers a `Decimal.Format Class`_ that uses picture patterns (one
+for positive numbers and an optional one for negatives) such as:
+``"#,##0.00;(#,##0.00)"``. It allows arbitrary groupings including
+hundreds and ten-thousands and uneven groupings. The special patten
+characters are non-localized (using a DOT for a decimal separator and
+a COMMA for a grouping separator). The user can supply an alternate
+set of symbols using the formatter's *DecimalFormatSymbols* object.
+
+.. _`Decimal.Format Class`: http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/text/DecimalFormat.html
+
Alternative Proposal (from Eric Smith, originally called Proposal II)
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