On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 09:01:36AM -0800, Michael Lazzaro wrote: >>> 256#0_253_254_255 # base 256, NOT identical! >> >> is actually not allowed, no? > > Correct. It's an error, because radix > 36 mandates coloned form, and > the colon-form digit 253254255 cannot exist in base 256. AND since > underscores can only separate digits, underscores are not allowed at > all in coloned form, no matter what the base. > > (Umm... what's a better name than "coloned form"? That term sounds > really... um... bad.)
I would say colon form sounds fine. Although to be honest, I think Prefer CSD (Colon Separated Digits). andrew -- Libra: (Sept. 23 - Oct. 23) Someday, you'll look back on all of this and laugh very, very bitterly.
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