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RE: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator

From Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com>
Subject RE: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator
Date 2013-05-22 05:56 +0300
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> From: steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info
> Subject: Re: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator
> Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 02:42:56 +0000
> To: python-list@python.org
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> On Tue, 21 May 2013 23:22:24 +0300, Carlos Nepomuceno wrote:
>
>> Anyway, is it possible to overload str.__mod__() without deriving a
>> class? I mean to have something like:
>
> No, not in Python. If you want to monkey-patch built-in classes on the
> fly, with all the troubles that causes, use Ruby.
>

So, the only alternative to have "'%,d' % x" rendering the thousands separator output would a C source code modification?

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> Steven
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RE: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-05-21 23:22 +0300
  Re: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-05-22 02:42 +0000
    RE: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-05-22 05:56 +0300
      Re: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-05-22 03:08 +0000
        RE: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-05-22 06:38 +0300
          Re: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@gmail.com> - 2013-05-22 00:14 -0700
        Re: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2013-05-22 07:25 -0400
        RE: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-05-22 14:52 +0300

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