Uri Guttman skribis 2005-02-22 14:41 (-0500): > in a regex \d is a digit, so that isn't a good idea
In a rule, whitespace is a very good disambiguator. > it would be better to require \0d. I think nullbyte-d is rather likely to occur. > why would we need 0d123 as a literal? Symmetry. 0x10 0o10 0b10 0d10 Note that it isn't strictly *needed*. But if you take necessity to extremes, 0x, 0o and 0b are redundant too. Juerd -- http://convolution.nl/maak_juerd_blij.html http://convolution.nl/make_juerd_happy.html http://convolution.nl/gajigu_juerd_n.html