Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> added the comment: Only Formatter.format_field() is particularly hard to override at the moment (for the same reason that __format__() methods are tricky to write). That said, creating a locale aware version of string formatting based on string.Formatter is such an obvious idea that I would actually be surprised if someone *hasn't* done it by now (they may not have published it anywhere, but I expect someone has implemented it for their own use).
That said, I think it's OK for string.Formatter to lag the actual str.format implementation when it comes to features like this. I see it as similar to the formatting mini-language parser problem: the primary goal is to have a good implementation and syntax for str.format, while providing the tools to allow people to create alternative formatters with similar power is secondary. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue5237> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
