BCS wrote:
I think this strand of the thread (and what I was talking about) was not about octal but about complexity in the lexical design. That bugzilla issue was brought up as an issue and IS the first point that comes to my mind in that direction. disallowing leading or trailing decimal points would fix that issue and I for one would approve of it on that grounds as well as the the other advantages (it's harder to read wrong for one thing).
Don't use them if you don't like 'em. Since these are the same rules C and C++ have used for decades, and nobody seems to have a problem lexing them, I'm not sure it's a problem worth worrying about.
