On 2010/06/09 18:16, John Dlugosz wrote:
That reads like an argument _for_ having separate encoding for hex digits.
Then I could use those rather than markup to make hex numbers look good in the
surrounding text. What argument applies to 0 that doesn't apply to A ?
I think my argument holds. You will usually find the following
description of hexadecimal notation: Hexadecimal digits include the
numbers 0 through 9 and the *letters* A through F (and/or a through f
respectively). Sometimes it will even say that hexadecimal digits 10
through 15 are *represented* by *letters* A through F (and/or a through
f respectively).
This actually happens the way I first thought about them and still think
about them. They keep their letter identity and are therefore not
different [digit] characters.
Quick google finds:
http://www.oualline.com/style/c03.html
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/second_edition/html/lexical.doc.html
