[Python-ideas] real numbers with SI scale factors

[Ken Kundert]

Nikolaus,
    I have belatedly realized that this kind of hyperbole is counter productive.
So let me back away from that statement and instead try to understand your
reasons for not liking the proposal.

Do you think there is no value to be able to naturally read and write numbers
with SI scale factors from Python? Or is your issue with something about my
proposal?

-Ken

On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 06:59:15PM -0700, Nikolaus Rath wrote:
> On Aug 28 2016, Ken Kundert <python-ideas-jl/PDlM0qtzz1n+OaKNE4w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > So, in summary, you are suggesting that we tell the scientific and engineering 
> > communities that we refuse to provide native support for their preferred way of 
> > writing numbers because:
> 
> I think you're making some incorrect assumptions here. Who, exactly, do
> you mean with "we" and "them"?
> 
> I consider myself part of the scientific community and think your
> proposal is a bad idea, and Google finds some Python modules from you,
> but no prior CPython contributions...
> 
> Best,
> -Nikolaus
> 
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