On 15/02/2012 16:41, Jonathan M Davis wrote: <snip>
They're not left over at all, and they have nothing to do with octal.
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They are something to do with octal: because in D an integer literal beginning with 0 is defined to be octal, the compiler must interpret them as such if it is going to accept them at all.
Of course, under current D2 without -d, the compiler rejects zero-led integer literals greater than 07. But it's because of this octal legacy that it accepts up to 07 but not 08, 09 or 010.
Still, what's the long-term plan? To remove octal literals completely, and allow decimal literals to have leading 0s? Or to continue to allow just up to 07 until the end of time?
Stewart.
