Is the world coming to an end?

[Daniel Gibson]

Am 03.04.2011 04:00, schrieb Andrei Alexandrescu:
> On 4/2/11 6:36 PM, Daniel Gibson wrote:
>> Am 03.04.2011 01:20, schrieb Andrei Alexandrescu:
>>> On 4/2/11 5:27 PM, ulrik.mikaelsson at gmail.com wrote:
>>>> A D-newbie would probably be able to guess 0o for octal, but hardly
>>>> octal!. octal! breaks the rule of least surprise.
>>>
>>> I fail to infer how using the word "octal" for an octal literal is surprising at
>>> all.
>>>
>>> This thread is a good example that it's impossible to please everyone. Although
>>> past discussions made it clear that most everyone found leading 0 a poor
>>> convention for octal numbers, now not only the consensus is weaker, but some
>>> actually claim a different solution is superior. If that were chosen, then all
>>> of a sudden octal!777 would have become suddenly sexy and so on.
>>>
>>> The grass is always greener on the other side...
>>>
>>>
>>> Andrei
>>
>> I don't think the consensus that a leading 0 is a poor convention for octal
>> numbers is weaker now - so far nobody wants the old syntax back :)
> 
> Some discussions on IRC suggest otherwise.
> 
> Andrei

Ok. I don't hang out in the D IRC chan because the NG is time-consuming enough
already ;)