Larry Wall wrote:
> Yes, that's a convenient escape. But really, arguments from principle
> aside, the underlying question is what someone will see if they look
> at 1.e5, and I suspect most people will see a number with an exponent.
> This is a spot where Ruby violates Least Surprise, at least f
On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 02:40:12AM +0800, Autrijus Tang wrote:
: On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 11:37:26AM -0700, Larry Wall wrote:
: > On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 05:25:40PM -0400, Roger Hale wrote:
: > : 1.e5# all of these...
: > : 1._e5 #
: > : 1._0e5 #
: > : 1.e_0_5_
On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 11:37:26AM -0700, Larry Wall wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 05:25:40PM -0400, Roger Hale wrote:
> : 1.e5# all of these...
> : 1._e5 #
> : 1._0e5 #
> : 1.e_0_5_# == 1 * 10^5?
>
> The last three are illegal because underline is allowed
On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 05:25:40PM -0400, Roger Hale wrote:
: 1.e5# all of these...
: 1._e5 #
: 1._0e5 #
: 1.e_0_5_# == 1 * 10^5?
The last three are illegal because underline is allowed only between
digits.
: The longest-possible-token metarule, common among
On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 16:59:12 -0400, Mark Reed wrote:
> On 2005-08-16 16:45, "Nicholas Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'd find it hard defending a language that treated 1.e5 as a method call.
>
> Guess we shouldn't sign you up for the Ruby Defense League, then?
>
> irb(main):001:0> 1.e
Luke Palmer wrote:
On 8/16/05, Ingo Blechschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
1_234; # surely 1234
1e23; # surely 1 * 10**23
1._5; # call of method "_5" on 1?
1._foo; # call of method "_foo" on 1?
1.e5; # 1.0 * 10**5?
1.efoo; # call of metho
On 2005-08-16 16:45, "Nicholas Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> To me, 1.e5 is not ambiguous. But maybe I've had too much dealing with
> floating point in a previous life.
1e5 is not ambiguous. 1.0e5 is not ambiguous, just overprecise. 1.e5 is
ambiguous.
> I'd find it hard defending a langu
On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 08:36:19PM +, Luke Palmer wrote:
> On 8/16/05, Ingo Blechschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > 1_234; # surely 1234
> > 1e23; # surely 1 * 10**23
> >
> > 1._5; # call of method "_5" on 1?
> > 1._foo; # call of method "_
On 8/16/05, Ingo Blechschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 1_234; # surely 1234
> 1e23; # surely 1 * 10**23
>
> 1._5; # call of method "_5" on 1?
> 1._foo; # call of method "_foo" on 1?
>
> 1.e5; # 1.0 * 10**5?
> 1.efoo; # call of me
Hi,
1_234; # surely 1234
1e23; # surely 1 * 10**23
1._5; # call of method "_5" on 1?
1._foo; # call of method "_foo" on 1?
1.e5; # 1.0 * 10**5?
1.efoo; # call of method "efoo" on 1?
1.e_foo;# call of method "e_foo" on 1?
0xFF.de
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