On 2018-06-23 08:12:52 -0400, Richard Damon wrote: > On 6/23/18 7:46 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > > On Sat, 23 Jun 2018 06:26:22 -0400, Richard Damon wrote: > >> If you know the Locale, then you do know what the decimal separator is, > >> as that is part of what a locale defines. > > A locale defines a set of common cultural conventions. It doesn't mandate > > the actual conventions in use in any specific document. > > > > If I'm in Australia, using the en-AU locale, nevertheless I can generate > > a file using , as a decimal separator. Try and stop me :-) > yes, you can MIS-use the en-AU locale and write 1,000 to mean the number > One, just as you can misuse the language and write cat when you mean a > member of the Canine group, but then the misinterpretation is on the > creator of the document, not on the program that was told how the > document is to be read.
How would he mis-use the en-AU locale to write 1 as "1,000"? I think
to do that he would simply NOT use the locale.
I think there are very good reasons to ignore the locale for specific
purposes. For example, a Python interpreter should not use the locale
when parsing Python, and a program producing Python should also ignore
the locale.
You two also seem to be writing about different things when you write
"THE locale". Steven seems to mean the global settings a user has
chosen, you seem to mean the specidic settings appropriate for parsing a
specific file.
hp
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