On 2011-04-02 18:27:12 -0400, ulrik.mikaels...@gmail.com said:
011 = 11
0b11 = 3
0x11 = 17
0o11 = 9
is much more consistent than
011 = 11
0b11 = 3
0x11 = 17
octal!11 = 9
I too would prefer 0o11 for consistency.
It's funny that D (the language) has binary notation built-in (which C
doesn't have) but no octal notation anymore (which C has). You now have
to resort to a library template for that, and it doesn't work for big
numbers: try assert(octal!1777777777777777777777 ==
0xFFFF_FFFF_FFFF_FFFF). Not that I expect anyone to want to write big
64-bit numbers in octal, but it makes the new "official" octal notation
more like a hack.
But it's a good thing that the old error-prone octal notation is
deprecated. So overall I think the change is positive, I just find the
replacement a little too hackish.
--
Michel Fortin
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