Number literals (Was: Re: Case Range Statement ..)

[BCS]

Hello Walter,

> BCS wrote:
> 
>> Hello Walter,
>> 
>>> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Totally agree.  They're cruft that just complicate lexical
>>>> analysis.
>>>> 
>>> Not a significant issue, as the code to lex it is done, works, and
>>> is readily available.
>>> 
>> But that assumes that just using the lexer is acceptable. What if
>> someone needs to generate there own lexer? Say in a different
>> language, like D?. Or they want to generate a token highlighter?
>> 
> Oh please, it's trivial to translate.
> 

Not to regex. 

>> Or what about if they need to make a tool in a shop that has a bad
>> case of NIH? Or where they must /own/ the code for legal reasons.
>> 
> For a fee that would be less than what it would cost them to develop a
> simpler integer lexer, I'd license it to them under whatever terms
> they want.
> 

What would you sell it outright for? As in I would own it and have every 
right I would have if I was the original author.