Talk:Chowla numbers: Difference between revisions
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: Do we really need to agree on this kind of thing ? Optional seems more than good enough [[User:Hout|Hout]] ([[User talk:Hout|talk]]) 12:24, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
:: +1 for that. See below. If the language supports locales for numbers then OK. Writing a subroutine putting commas every 3 digits in an Anglophobe interpretation of appropriate seems worse than pointless almost stupid.--[[User:Nigel Galloway|Nigel Galloway]] ([[User talk:Nigel Galloway|talk]]) 15:50, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
:::Agreed. Tasks should focus on one specific problem. If adding comma is a recurring theme, then make it a task and if you really feel it should appear everywhere, at least make it optional. Besides, not all
:::: I agree that the excessive specification on the formatting of task output takes the focus away from how different languages best solve a task. It makes perfect sense to me to move those formatting specifications to their own separate task. --[[User:Tikkanz|Tikkanz]] ([[User talk:Tikkanz|talk]]) 20:16, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
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