The second point is very helpful, thank you, Peter. I didn't realise that parseInt() already parsed letters A-V as values 10-31. Obviously any syntax for literals would need to be compatible with this (it's the same as the base32hex proposal in RFC 2938).
Thank you Shaun On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 at 10:58, Peter Jaszkowiak <[email protected]> wrote: > You don't have nearly enough discussion of use cases. Without that, > especially since `parseInt(str, radix)` already exists, this is unlikely to > go anywhere. Also, your base32 system is inconsistent with how > `parseInt(str, 32)` currently behaves, which further decreases the > likelihood of it being accepted. > > Base 4 has few use cases because it only saves 1 character per bit-couple. > > On Sun, Oct 7, 2018, 18:51 Shaun Moss <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all >> >> I'm new to the list so please forgive me if I breach etiquette. >> >> I have drafted a proposal for addition to the ES spec: >> https://github.com/mossy2100/ecmascript/blob/master/base4and32literals.md >> >> If anyone has a few spare minutes, I'd be grateful if you could please >> give it a quick look over. I'd really appreciate any feedback on how to >> improve or advance it. I haven't looked into implementation details yet but >> I will soon. >> >> Thank you >> Shaun >> >> >> -- >> Have a great day! >> Shaun Moss >> >> [email protected] >> +61 (0) 434 704596 >> Skype: mossy2100 >> >> Blog: https://shaunmoss.blog >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mossy2100 >> Twitter: https://twitter.com/mossy2100 >> LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaunmoss >> Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mossy2500 >> YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/mossy2100/videos >> Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Shaun-Moss/e/B00NXD0QZK >> >> Author: "The International Mars Research Station - An exciting new plan >> to create a permanent human presence on Mars" (https://marsbase.org) >> Author: "Practical Metaphysics" (http://practicalmetaphysicsbook.com) >> Creator: "The Utopian Calendar" - Possibly the best calendar for Mars ever >> designed. (https://marscalendar.com) >> Creator: "The Earthian Calendar" - Possibly the best calendar for Earth ever >> designed. (http://earthiancalendar.info) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> es-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss >> > -- Have a great day! Shaun Moss [email protected] +61 (0) 434 704596 Skype: mossy2100 Blog: https://shaunmoss.blog Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mossy2100 Twitter: https://twitter.com/mossy2100 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaunmoss Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mossy2500 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/mossy2100/videos Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Shaun-Moss/e/B00NXD0QZK Author: "The International Mars Research Station - An exciting new plan to create a permanent human presence on Mars" (https://marsbase.org) Author: "Practical Metaphysics" (http://practicalmetaphysicsbook.com) Creator: "The Utopian Calendar" - Possibly the best calendar for Mars ever designed. (https://marscalendar.com) Creator: "The Earthian Calendar" - Possibly the best calendar for Earth ever designed. (http://earthiancalendar.info)
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