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> From: kwpol...@gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 21:06:11 +0200
> Subject: Re: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator
> To: carlosnepomuc...@outlook.com
> CC: python-list@python.org
>
> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 8:49 PM, Carlos Nepomuceno
> <carlosnepomuc...@outlook.com> wrote:
>> Thank you, but let me rephrase it. I'm already using str.format() but I'd
>> like to use '%' (BINARY_MODULO) operator instead.
>
> There is no real reason to do this. `str.format()` is the new shiny
> thing you should be using all the time. Also, '%' is BINARY_MODULO
> (where did you even get that name from?) if and only if you have two
> numbers, and it performs the modulo division (eg. 27 % 5 = 2)
I did:
>>> def fmt(s):
... return '%s' % s
...
>>> import dis
>>> dis.dis(fmt)
2 0 LOAD_CONST 1 ('%s')
3 LOAD_FAST 0 (s)
6 BINARY_MODULO
7 RETURN_VALUE
>>>
Then I've looked for 'BINARY_MODULO' in "Python/ceval.c" and found:
case BINARY_MODULO:
w = POP();
v = TOP();
if (PyString_CheckExact(v))
x = PyString_Format(v, w);
else
x = PyNumber_Remainder(v, w);
Then I've looked for 'PyString_Format' and found it in "Objects/stringobject.c"
Analysing the code of "stringobject.c" I've found formatint() and formatlong().
I'm not using str.format() because it's slower than '%' and because I love '%'.
str.format() looks like Java shit to me!
>> So, the question is: Where would I change the CPython 2.7.5 source code to
>> enable '%' (BINARY_MODULO) to format using the thousands separator like
>> str.format() does, such as:
>>
>>>>>sys.stderr.write('%,d\n' % 1234567)
>> 1,234,567
>
> This will make your code unportable and useless, depending on one
> patch you made. Please don’t do that. Instead,
I'm just learning how to improve things! ;)
>>>>> sys.stdout.write('Number = %s\n' % '{:,.0f}'.format(x))
>> Number = 12,345
>>
>> 'x' is unsigned integer so it's like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut!
>
> In Python? Tough luck, every int is signed. And it isn’t just a
> sledgehammer, it’s something worse. Just do that:
>
>>>> sys.stdout.write('Number = {:,.0f}\n'.format(x))
>
> Much more peaceful.
Indeed! I just cut and pasted my code to create an example for the message. The
actual format operation isn't done at the sys.stdout.write().
> You can also do a print, like everyone sane would. Where did you
> learn Python from? “Python Worst Practice for Dummies”?
lol I'm learning from my big mistakes up to now and a ton of online tutorials,
besides "Dive into Python" (2004)[1], "Python Programming" (2012)[2] and
"Programming Python, 3rd Ed" (2006) [print]
print isn't thread safe. That's why I've chosen sys.stdout.write() -- it's
faster and thread safe by default.
I don't need any fancy formating, just need to send the string to screen.
[1] http://www.diveintopython.net/
[1] http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Python_Programming
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