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| Date | 2013-06-22 21:35 -0400 |
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| From | Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> |
| Subject | Re: n00b question on spacing |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.3719.1371951350.3114.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 06/22/2013 09:20 PM, MRAB wrote:
> On 23/06/2013 00:56, Dave Angel wrote:
<SNIP>
>>
>> Certainly the reorderability of the format string is significant. Not
>> only can it be reordered, but more than one instance of some of the
>> values is permissible if needed. (What's missing is a decent handling
>> of such things as singular/plural, where you want a different version
>> per country of one (or a few) words from the format string, based on
>> whether a value is exactly 1.)
>>
> [snip]
> One vs not-one isn't good enough. Some languages use the singular with
> any numbers ending in '1'. Some languages have singular, dual, and
> plural. Etc. It's surprising how inventive people can be! :-)
>
And there are plenty more where that came from. Thanks for the reminder.
I guess instead of a format, we need a DWIM.
--
DaveA
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Re: n00b question on spacing Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-06-22 14:36 +0100
Re: n00b question on spacing Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-06-22 08:24 -0700
Re: n00b question on spacing Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-06-22 16:40 +0100
Re: n00b question on spacing Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-06-22 08:55 -0700
Re: n00b question on spacing Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-06-22 17:11 +0100
Re: n00b question on spacing Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 09:12 +1000
Re: n00b question on spacing Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-06-22 17:48 -0700
Re: n00b question on spacing Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 12:26 +1000
Re: n00b question on spacing Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-06-22 19:28 -0400
Re: n00b question on spacing Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 09:37 +1000
Re: n00b question on spacing Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-06-22 19:56 -0400
Re: n00b question on spacing Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 10:27 +1000
Re: n00b question on spacing Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-06-22 20:46 -0400
Re: n00b question on spacing MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-06-23 02:20 +0100
Re: n00b question on spacing Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-23 02:58 +0000
Re: n00b question on spacing Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-06-22 23:12 -0400
Re: n00b question on spacing Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-23 03:22 +0000
Re: n00b question on spacing Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 13:36 +1000
Re: n00b question on spacing Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-06-23 09:43 -0400
Re: n00b question on spacing Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 14:09 +1000
Re: n00b question on spacing Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-06-22 21:35 -0400
Re: n00b question on spacing Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-06-23 11:40 -0400
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