Peter Hansen wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In Mythical Future Python I would like to be able to use any base in > > integer literals, which would be better. Example random syntax: > > > > flags= 2x00011010101001 > > umask= 8x664 > > answer= 10x42 > > addr= 16x0E800004 # 16x == 0x > > gunk= 36x8H6Z9A0X > > I think I kinda like this idea. Allowing arbitrary values, > however, would probably be pointless, as there are very > few bases in common enough use that a language should make > it easy to write literals in any of them. So I think "36x" > is silly, and would suggest limiting this to 2, 8, 10, and > 16. At the very least, a range of 2-16 should be used. > (It would be cute but pointless to allow 1x000000000. :-) > > -Peter > > > How about base 24 and 60, for hours and minutes/seconds?
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