From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3132fa2f1b036425 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-30 15:33:21 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-06!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: number_base Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 17:27:50 -0600 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: References: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4910.0300 X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:1861 Date: 2003-10-30T17:27:50-06:00 List-Id: "amado.alves" wrote in message news:mailman.244.1067530630.25614.comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org... >(Re: Changing Number_Base'Last to 36) >This sounds logical, useful and very easy to implement. Theoretically it could break legacy >code relying on Number_Base'Last being 16, but I doubt there is any such code. The main objection raised was potential confusion between 1 and l, and 0 and O in numeric literals. 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. We never got any complaints about it, so I have to conclude there wasn't much (if any) use of the feature. 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