On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 08:41:27 -0800, Larry Wall wrote:
> Okay, I've come around to liking it, but I think we have to say that
> 0x, 0d, 0o, 0b, and whatever else we come up with are just setting
> the default radix. If a string comes in with an explicit 0x, 0d, 0o,
> or 0b, we believe that in preference to the operator.
Don't we trust the programmer more than the data? I want this code to
produce 4660, 22136, 2832, 3394; not 4660, 22136, 4, 42.
for '1234','5678','0b10','0d42' {
say 0x $_;
}
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