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

[Walter Bright]

BCS wrote:
> I think this strand of the thread (and what I was talking about) was not 
> about octal but about complexity in the lexical design. That bugzilla 
> issue was brought up as an issue and IS the first point that comes to my 
> mind in that direction. disallowing leading or trailing decimal points 
> would fix that issue and I for one would approve of it on that grounds 
> as well as the the other advantages (it's harder to read wrong for one 
> thing).
> 

Don't use them if you don't like 'em. Since these are the same rules C 
and C++ have used for decades, and nobody seems to have a problem lexing 
them, I'm not sure it's a problem worth worrying about.