Re: Numeric Literals (Summary 3)

[email protected] (Luke Palmer) Wed, 20 Nov 2002 13:57:01 -0700 (MST)

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> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 10:54:18 -0800
> From: Michael Lazzaro <[email protected]>
> 
> exponential notation:
>     -1.23e4     # num
>     -1.23E4     # num (identical)
>     1.23_e_4    # wrong

Lord Larry has ruled that _ can only appear between digits.  I, for
one, do not see the reasoning behind this (though there probably is
some).  In particular, I could imagine people that would find the last
of those examples very enhancing to readability.  Anyone care to
explain?

Luke