0x00ff # hex value ff
'0x00ff' # integer value 0, with trailing 'x00ff'
I think ways to solve this should be open to discussion. Hopefully
Luke can give us some proposals, since he's writing that part.
The behavior described there should stay. If you want literal-like
interpretations of strings, use the C<oct> function. The name of that
function should probably be changed to something more appropriate.
C<lit>, C<literal>, C<num> (ambiguous?), C<base>, etc.?
Luke
How about
my $a = 256:192.169.34.76;
my $b = $a.base(10);
my $c = '34:13.23.0.1.23.45'.base(16);
Or :
my $a = 256:192.169.34.76;
my $b = 10:$a;
my $c = 16:'34:13.23.0.1.23.45';
How would that work with
print "10:$a";
Would that have to be printf(...%r...) as mentioned elsewhere ?
R.
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