Does anyone know if it is possible to represent a number as a string with engineering notation (like scientific notation, but with 10 raised to multiples of 3: 120e3, 12e-6, etc.). I know this is possible with the decimal.Decimal class, but repeatedly instantiating Decimals is inefficient for my application (matplotlib plotting library). If it is not currently possible, do you think the python devs would be receptive to including support for engineering notation in future releases?
Thanks, Darren -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
