> Is there any other place in any language (programming or natural) where underscored are used in this way?
In Ada at least since 1983. http://archive.adaic.com/standards/83lrm/html/lrm-02-04.html 2016-11-22 1:26 GMT+01:00 Gordon Findlay <gfindlay.li...@gmail.com>: > Yet another daft idea from java. Is there any other place in any language > (programming or natural) where underscored are used in this way? Any long > list of digits will represent a string anyway. My library card had a field > with 9 digits, but that sure ain't a number. > > On 22/11/2016 3:46 am, "Graeme Geldenhuys" <mailingli...@geldenhuys.co.uk> > wrote: > >> I don't know about you, but I like this idea implemented in Java 7 and >> later. >> >> http://jasdhir.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/using-underscores-in-literals.html >> >> >> I always find it hard to read long numeric literals. >> >> >> Alternatively, without needing compiler changes, the IDE's and >> programmer editors should become more clever in how they display source >> code (think Elastic Tabstops), and automatically display numeric >> literals with slight increase in [render] spacing between certain number >> groups. Binary literals could be grouped every eight digits, whereas Hex >> could be grouped every 4 and Decimals every 3 digits. The age old rule >> of programmer source code always being in a mono-spaced font is >> ridiculous for this day and age. >> >> Regards, >> Graeme >> >> _______________________________________________ >> fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org >> http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal >> > > _______________________________________________ > fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org > http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal >
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