> Larry wrote: > > If one were going to generalize that, one would be tempted to go the Ada > > route of specifying the radix explicitly: > > > > 0123 # decimal > > 2:0110 # binary > > 8:123 # octal > > 16:123 # hex > > 256:192.168.1.0 # base 256
Heck that'd be fine with me... then I can easily do stuff in base 36, which I do a lot of. :-/ Still might want a letter shortcut for b/o/h, though. Just as long as 0123 doesn't magically mean octal I'm happy. Stupid, STUPID OCTAL. :-) MikeL
