Formatting for numbers?

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3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
r
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by tracing the formatting behavior of cli::cli_inform() for the {x} interpolation shown in the issue. Confirm how numeric values are currently rendered and define completion as rendering 123456 as 123,456 without changing other message formatting.

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Description

feature 
x <- 123456
cli::cli_inform("Downloading {x} files")
#> Downloading 123456 files

Created on 2023-11-08 with reprex v2.0.2.9000

Would be nice to have

#> Downloading 123,456 files
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