== Quote from Daniel Gibson (metalcae...@gmail.com)'s article > > I am concerned about the choice of relegating a kind of number literal to a library template. Doesn't this needlessly impact performance? > No, it's a template, so it's evaluated at compile-time and doesn't impact > (runtime) performance.
If there is no runtime performance penalty, then it's fine. > > Granted, the 0123 syntax was error prone and we're all glad it's gone, but aren't there better alternatives such as 0o123 or 0q123, for example? > > > How often do you use octal numbers? Good point.
