Numeric literal syntax

[Delaney, Timothy (Tim)]

Steven D'Aprano wrote:

> On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:22:22 +0100, Alexander Schmolck wrote:
> 
>> It seems to me that the right choice for thousands seperator is the
>> apostrophe.
> 
> You mean the character already used as a string delimiter?

Hey - I just found a new use for the backtick!

123`456`7890
0b`1001`0110

Note: Guido has stated that the backtick will *not* be given a new
meaning in any future version of Python ...

Tim Delaney