A suggestion for a possible Python module

[Andrew Dalke]

Matt Gerrans:
> For this one, I'd prefer locale.format().

Jp Calderone
> This is the most common alternative solution I hear, and I don't
> think it's right.

I agree.  My spec was to put commas into numbers, with an
example which implied it was using the US convention.  Eg, it could
be that the input goes to a program which isn't format aware, so
it *must* be in that form.

                    Andrew
                    dalke at dalkescientific.com