Mark Dickinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment:
> I think that n should stay the same for floats, but for integers should
> never switch to g, but just use as many separators as needed.
I agree with this, in principle. It might be some work to implement,
though: for floats, Python gets to use the OS-supplied formatting
functions. Indeed, it looks as though all that happens here is that the
integer is converted to a float before formatting:
>>> print("{0:n} ".format(10**400), end="")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
OverflowError: Python int too large to convert to C double
For integers, we'd have to roll our own code. I had similar problems
trying to implement the 'n' format code for Decimal; in the end I just
gave up and left it unimplemented. Maybe using 'n' for an integer should
just raise an exception, for now?
Eric, what do you think?
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assignee: -> eric.smith
nosy: +eric.smith, marketdickinson
priority: -> normal
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