That's a neat idea. I'd be in favor, it's nice symmetry. Especially if a few
languages are starting to support similar prefix.
> On Oct 21, 2016, at 6:00 AM, Jon Harper <jon.harpe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> According to https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Non-decimal_radices/Input
> at least perl 6, ruby and zkl have it.
>
> Jon
>
>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 2:47 PM, Jon Harper <jon.harpe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi list,
>> what do you think about adding support for a new '0d' prefix to input
>> numbers in base 10 ? It's rare in other programming languages (I know
>> verilog has it in addtion to 'h and 'b) but the symmetry can be nice in some
>> cases.
>>
>> Of course it would *not* replace the normal way of writing numbers, simply
>> allow to emphasize that the number is in base 10.. It's useful when
>> switching frequently between bases.
>>
>> So string>number would accept "0d99" for 99. number>string would not change.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jon
>
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