On Sat, 2011-04-02 at 16:47 -0700, Walter Bright wrote: > The point is that "octal!" is not a syntax. It's completely a library > construction.
So remove 0b... and 0x... as well such that the compiler only knows about decimal. The point here is not the removal of the C-style octal notation, everyone agrees that it was and remains a bad idea, the problem is the inconsistency of treatment of binary and hexadecimal compared to octal. -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:russel.win...@ekiga.net 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: rus...@russel.org.uk London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
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