[Python-Dev] Numeric alignment issue with PEP 3101 (original) (raw)
Eric Smith eric at trueblade.com
Mon Sep 7 23:46:42 CEST 2009
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The default string formatting alignment for all types, according to PEP 3101, is left aligned. Issue 6857 (http://bugs.python.org/issue6857) points out that for numeric types (int, float, and decimal, at least), the actual implemented default alignment is right aligned.
Mark Dickinson and I agree that for numeric types, right alignment makes much more sense as a default. And that's what %-formatting and str.format() both do.
I think the PEP should be modified to say that right alignment is the default for numeric types. Also the documentation at http://docs.python.org/library/string.html#formatstrings should have the same modification.
Does anyone disagree?
Eric.
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