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Re: [Python-Dev] Formatting mini-language suggestion Raymond Hettinger Thu Mar 12 00:00:31 2009 


[Lie Ryan]
How about having a country code field, e.g. en-us would format according to US locale, in to India, ch to China, etc... that way the format string would become very simple (although the lib maintainer would need to know customs from all over the world). Then have a special country code that is a placeholder for whatever the locale the machine is set to. 

Am moving the discussion to the python-ideas list (at Guido's request).
My proposal is strictly limited to the builtin, non-locale dependent formatting.
Improvements to the locale module are probably as subject for another day.


Raymond



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