Underscores in Python numbers

[Steve Holden]

bonono at gmail.com wrote:
> Steve Holden wrote:
[...]
>>I really wouldn't want it to become possible to write Python code in one
>>locale that had to be edited before the numeric literals were valid in
>>another locale. That way madness lies.
> 
> That is the fact, from the very beginning. 1.234 striaightly speaking
> can have different meaning,. So if you don't want, don't support it and
> always use the non-European notation.
> 

Being European myself I am well aware of the notational differences of 
the different locales, and I am perfectly happy that users can enter 
numbers in their preferred format when they execute a program.

However, I am not happy about the idea that a program source would need 
to be edited before it would work after being moved to another locale.

regards
  Steve
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