Re: Replace core language HexStrings with library entity

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On Sunday, 15 March 2015 at 19:47:06 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:

HexStrings:

    http://dlang.org/lex.html#HexString

They're rarely used, but very useful when needed. But, as the octal literals have shown, they can be easily replaced with a library template:

    x"00 FBCD 32FD 0A"

becomes:

    hex!"00 FBCD 32FD 0A"

It'll simplify the core language slightly.

Thoughts? Anyone want to write the hex template? Any other ideas on things that can removed from the core language and replaced with library entities?

Can we make it so it returns a ubyte[]?