Re: Numeric Literals (Summary 4)

On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 09:01:36AM -0800, Michael Lazzaro wrote:
>>>  256#0_253_254_255   # base 256, NOT identical!
>> 
>> is actually not allowed, no?
> 
> Correct.  It's an error, because radix > 36 mandates coloned form, and 
> the colon-form digit 253254255 cannot exist in base 256.  AND since 
> underscores can only separate digits, underscores are not allowed at 
> all in coloned form, no matter what the base.
> 
> (Umm... what's a better name than "coloned form"?  That term sounds 
> really... um... bad.)

I would say colon form sounds fine.  Although to be honest, I think
Prefer CSD (Colon Separated Digits).

andrew
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