Regarding the proposed Binray Literals Deprecation

[Don Allen]

On Sunday, 18 September 2022 at 04:26:45 UTC, Preetpal wrote:
> On Sunday, 18 September 2022 at 01:55:35 UTC, Don Allen wrote:
>> On Saturday, 17 September 2022 at 22:11:35 UTC, Preetpal wrote:
>>> [...]
>>
>> Haskell does *not* have binary integer literals. See the 2010 
>> language report and
>>
>> ````
>> Prelude> 0x10
>> 16
>> Prelude> 0o10
>> 8
>> Prelude> 0b10
>>
>> <interactive>:8:2: error: Variable not in scope: b10
>> ````
>
> "The language extension BinaryLiterals adds support for 
> expressing integer literals". So you need to use a language 
> extension to use it.
>
> ```
> ps at DESKTOP:~$ ghci
> GHCi, version 8.8.4: https://www.haskell.org/ghc/  :? for help
> Prelude> :set -XBinaryLiterals
> Prelude> 0b0010
> 2
> Prelude>
> ```

An extension offered by one compiler, off by default, is not the 
same as inclusion in the official language definition. The 
official Haskell language does not include binary literals.