In p6rules, how should specify characters (glyphs, bytes, whatever) using octal notation?
Currently S02 says that integer constants in octal are written with as "0o" prefix (as in 0o123), just as we would use the "0x" prefix to specify integers using base-16. It doesn't seem to be written anywhere, but I think it's assumed that in string literals one would use "\o123", just as we use "\x0a". Should rules work the same -- i.e., use "\o123" to specify a character (glyph, byte, whatever) using octal notation? And are we officially eliminating the \nnn notation from rules and string literals? This seems to be implied by Larry's post at http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/19385 , but several items in that thread seem to have been dropped without a final resolution, or at least haven't made it into a design document. It's worth noting that both S05 and A05 make use of the traditional \nnn notation in descriptions, and we probably need to update these to bring them in line with whatever decision is made. Pm
