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[Dennis Lee Bieber]

From: Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed at ix.netcom.com>

On Sat, 23 Jun 2018 15:44:14 +0000 (UTC), Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> declaimed the following:

>    1.234.567,012345678
>
>which is understandable to anyone who is aware of the possibility that
>comma may mean decimal separator and period the thousands separator.
>
        Or it is an oddly marked local (7-digit) telephone number (though
typically for US, a leading "1" implies long-distance and should be followed by
 a 10-digit phone number) followed by a 9-digit (US) postal zip-code.



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