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From: Peter Hermann <ica2ph@sinus.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>
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Subject: Re: number_base
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Randy Brukardt <randy@rrsoftware.com> wrote:
> The main objection raised was potential confusion between 1 and l, and 0 and
> O in numeric literals.

as soon as a value is inside of #...# an expert reader is alerted anyway.

> My personal feeling is that it isn't worth the effort (and there is
> certainly non-zero effort required). Janus/Ada originally supported numeric
> literals to base 36; at some point we took it out in order to pass
> validation.

Except for the Janus/Ada above I estimate a full man-week, of course.

> We never got any complaints about it, so I have to conclude
> there wasn't much (if any) use of the feature.

The reason: any wise programer will stick to the standard for
portability and will roll own code in case of need.

> In any event, to get an AC changed to an AI, you need to find two ARG
> members to request it. Support from the general public isn't particularly
> relevant (I suppose a huge groundswell of opinion might sway some ARG
> members priorities, but otherwise you need to talk ARG members into it).

>                Randy Brukardt
>                ARG Editor

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