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0 pointsmarquis-chacha6y ago0 comments

The typical octal literal syntax I've seen uses a 0 prefix. This gives rise to quite a few gotchas, as most people think of leading 0's as being non-value-changing. Maybe 0o12345670?

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wtetzner6y ago

Yeah, I agree that it's not a good syntax. I do think 0o is a good prefix though.

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0 pointsmarquis-chacha6y ago0 comments

The typical octal literal syntax I've seen uses a 0 prefix. This gives rise to quite a few gotchas, as most people think of leading 0's as being non-value-changing. Maybe 0o12345670?

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wtetzner6y ago

Yeah, I agree that it's not a good syntax. I do think 0o is a good prefix though.

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