[Python-Dev] Formatting mini-language suggestion

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Greg Ewing writes:

 > I don't think you'll want to code the separators into
 > all your format strings in that case, either. You'll
 > want some sort of context that you set up for the
 > page you're about to serve.

Sure.  But the POSIX locale is not a good solution, nor is it a
building block for such a solution.  If this PEP *can't* provide such
a building block, too bad, life is like that.  If it can, but we don't
bother to look for it because of locale, for shame!