On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 13:27 +1200, Greg Ewing wrote: > If I were designing a formatting system from scratch, > I think I'd separate the issue of formatting numbers into > strings from the issue of inserting strings into other > strings.
This really is a key observation. PEP 292 tried to make inserting strings into other strings really simple to grok, and I think it does that, while still providing a useful level of flexibility for advanced users. I really would hate to mingle that simple functionality with all the complexity of number formatting and the like. -Barry
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