On 3/14/07, Greg Ewing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1101(2) # binary > 1234(8) # octal > 1c3a(16) # hexadecimal > 12g7(35) # why stop at 16? > > Since calling a built-in integer never makes sense, > this would be unambiguous.
That's a great idea all the way around. Another possible syntax would be [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], etc. I don't think that could mean anything currently. > Perhaps an all-digits literal with a leading zero > should be disallowed altogether. That ought to > prevent any accidents. Yeah, you can't change it; you have to deprecate it and then start raising an exception. Pat _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
