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

[Nick Coghlan]

Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> What I've generally seen on cheques is $****1,000.00

Interestingly, str.format will actually be able to produce directly in 3.1:

  "${:*>,.2f}".format(value)

...although that makes seq[::-1] look positively coherent :)

Wondering-who-will-ask-for-a-{!verbose}-string-formatting-flag'ly,
Nick.

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