Re: Re: [RFC] Numeric Literal Separator
| From: | Christoph M. Becker | Date: | Wed, 29 May 2019 08:19:45 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: [RFC] Numeric Literal Separator | ||
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On 29.05.2019 at 09:49, Côme Chilliet wrote:
> What bugs me with this RFC is that it seems to be mainly intended for grouping digits by 3,
> which from what I understand is cultural.
> At least some asian languages have a concept of
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myriad and group them by 4, at least
> from the language point of view..
> It does seem when writing as numbers they still group by 3, but it seems other usages exists:
>
> https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/10-000-or-1-0000-japanese-schools-are-starting-to-move-commas-on-big-numbers-but-why
>
> Anyway, just wanted to point out that grouping digit may not be completely universal.
Well, choosing English/German/Japanese words for identifiers isn't
completely universal either. :)
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Christoph M. Becker