From: John Gilmore
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, 5 June 2012 7:37 AM
As an optional usage in coded-arithmetic and hexadecimal constants,
where it is unambiguous, this is an excellent idea.
It has been available in PL/I for a long time, where I may write
Declare Fmax value(2_147_483_6747) signed binary fixed(31,0) ;
or
Declare Fmax signed binary fixed(31,0) static initial(2147483647) ;
Declare Fmax initial(0111_1111_1111_1111_1111_1111_1111_1111b)
static binary fixed(31,0) ;
as may be contextually convenient. I have found it useful there. It
reduces the frequency of trivial errors, improves readability, and in
in general labor-saving.
There's always the exception that proves the rule, no?
"Declare Fmax value(2_147_483_6747) signed binary fixed(31,0) ;"
