What if we had reverse format strings, i.e. reading formatted input?
x = readf("{:.0%}", "50%")
# => x == 0.50
x = readf("{:.0}", "50")
# => x == 0.50
Readf takes the repr() of its second argument and “un-formats” the string.
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