> for binary and hexadecimal representations. But at the moment we don't > explicitly handle both of these cases as bit strings; the hex version is > converted to decimal in the scanner (*really* early in the parsing > stage) and then handled as an integer. > It looks like our current bit string type support looks for a "B" or "X" > embedded in the actual input string, rather than outside the quote as in > the standard.
I should point out that this is probably for historical reasons; I'd implemented the hex to decimal conversion way before we had bit string support, and we didn't consolidate those features when bit strings came along. - Thomas ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]