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Link to ADA docs.

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Raymond Hettinger 2009-03-14 00:48:29 +00:00
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@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ approach to be frustrating, arcane and non-obvious.
The locale module presents two other challenges. First, it is
a global setting and not suitable for multi-threaded apps that
need to serve-up requests in multiple locales. Second, the
name of a relevant locale (perhaps "de_DE") can vary from
name of a relevant locale (such as "de_DE") can vary from
platform to platform or may not be defined at all. The docs
for the locale module describe these and `many other challenges`_
in detail.
@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Research so far
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Scanning the web, I've found that thousands separators are
usually one of COMMA, DOT, SPACE, or UNDERSCORE.
usually one of COMMA, DOT, SPACE, APOSTROPHE or UNDERSCORE.
When a COMMA is the decimal separator, the thousands separator
is typically a DOT or SPACE (see examples from Denis Spir).
@ -197,6 +197,10 @@ Other Ideas
convention in Switzerland is to use an APOSTROPHE as a
thousands separator, ``12`000.99``.
* The `ADA language`_ allows UNDERSCORES in its numeric literals.
.. _`ADA language`: http://archive.adaic.com/standards/83lrm/html/lrm-02-04.html
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