Underscores in Python numbers

[Devan L]

Gustav Hållberg wrote:
> I tried finding a discussion around adding the possibility to have
> optional underscores inside numbers in Python. This is a popular option
> available in several "competing" scripting langauges, that I would love
> to see in Python.
>
> Examples:
>   1_234_567
>   0xdead_beef
>   3.141_592
>
> Would appreciate if someone could find a pointer to a previous
> discussion on this topic, or add it to a Python-feature-wishlist.
>
> - Gustav

I'm not sure what the _s are for, but I'm guessing they serve as
separators ("." or "," depending on where you're from). I think the _s
look ugly to me, besides, underscores look more like spaces than
separators.