[Python-Dev] Formatting mini-language suggestion

[Greg Ewing]

James Y Knight wrote:

> You might be interested to know that in India, the commas don't come  
> every 3 digits. In india, they come every two digits, after the first  
> three. Thus one billion = 1,00,00,00,000. How are you gonna represent  
> *that* in a formatting mini-language? :)

We outsource it. Send the number by email to a service centre
in India, where an employee formats it for us and sends it
back.

-- 
Greg