Add locale-aware number parsing with thousands separator support #25
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Overview
This PR adds support for parsing formatted number strings with thousands separators directly into the
from()function. This creates a complete round-trip workflow whereformat()can produce formatted strings andfrom()can parse them back without additional processing.Motivation
The
format()method returns strings with thousands separators for better readability. However, there was no way to parse these formatted strings back into Dnum values. Users had to manually remove separators before usingfrom(). Additionally, different locales use different separators (e.g., commas in US format, dots in German format), making a locale-aware solution valuable.Implementation
parseLocaleNumber()function: Intelligently detects the system's decimal separator using(1.1).toLocaleString()and normalizes formatted stringsfrom()function now detects commas in input strings and applies locale-aware parsingChanges
from()to detect and parse formatted strings before validation"12,345.29387"→12345.29387.29,387) and negative numbersTesting
LC_ALL='de-DE.UTF-8')Discussion
Question for maintainers: Should we add an optional
localeparameter tofrom()to allow users to explicitly specify the locale format, while maintaining auto-detection as the default fallback? This would provide more explicit control for edge cases while keeping the API simple for most users.