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[Python-Dev] Be Honest about LC_NUMERIC [REPOST]

Aahz aahz at pythoncraft.com
Thu Aug 14 01:52:53 EDT 2003 
On Wed, Aug 13, 2003, Christian Reis wrote:
> 
> So, in an attempt to garner comments (now that we have 2.3 off the
> chopping block) I'm reposting my PEP proposal (with minor updates).
> Comments would be appreciated, of course (nudges Barry slightly after
> him getting me to write this on my only free Sunday in months ;)
> 
> PEP: 	XXX
> Title: 	Be Honest about LC_NUMERIC (to the C library)
> Version: 	$Revision: 1.9 $
> Last-Modified: 	$Date: 2002/08/26 16:29:31 $

I'll repeat what I said on 7/24:

Looks good to me (can't comment on the tech issues, but it seems clear
enough).  However, I'd recommend changing the title to something like
"Locale-independent float conversions".
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