Regarding the proposed Binray Literals Deprecation

[Don Allen]

On Tuesday, 13 September 2022 at 19:56:22 UTC, Max Samukha wrote:
> On Tuesday, 13 September 2022 at 19:47:43 UTC, Don Allen wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 13 September 2022 at 19:21:11 UTC, Max Samukha 
>> wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, 13 September 2022 at 18:50:01 UTC, Walter Bright 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> So have I. But I have only 1/4 as many digits to count, and 
>>>> don't need to if there are 6 or fewer digits.
>>>
>>> Nibble is four digits.
>>
>> And your point is?
>
> My point has been restated multiple times in this thread by 
> several people: if the binary represents bit flags and is 
> grouped with a dash in nibbles, it is easier to read than a 
> hex. You count bits, not hex digits, and there is no need to 
> count more than 4.

I'm aware of those arguments. It wasn't at all clear how your 
terse comment related to them.

Yes, if you are concerned with individual bits, then binary 
representation is obviously more natural than hex (or octal or 
decimal). But depending on your purpose, other representations 
may be more natural than 0b. I gave an example in a previous post 
and therefore won't repeat.