[Python-ideas] Improve readability of long numeric literals

[Serhiy Storchaka]

On 09.02.16 23:40, Manuel Cerón wrote:
> Sometimes it's hard to read long numbers. For example:
>
>  >>> opts..write_buffer_size = 67108864
>
> Some languages (Ruby, Perl, Swift) allow the use of underscores in
> numeric literals, which are ignored. They are typically used as
> thousands separators.

Some languages allow the use of ' (an apostrophe) as thousands separators:

     67'108'864

But I prefer underscores as more common variant.