[Issue 2656] Remove octal literals

Thu Mar 25 18:49:57 PDT 2010

http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2656

Andrei Alexandrescu <andrei at metalanguage.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |REOPENED
         Resolution|WONTFIX                     |

--- Comment #14 from Andrei Alexandrescu <andrei at metalanguage.com> 2010-03-25 18:49:55 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #13)
> After a too much long discussion Walter has said:
> 
> >I admit it, I just like octal constants. I like the way they look. I don't feel
> an urge to kill it with fire. I'd be sad to see them go. I like disco music,
> too, despite it being definitely out of style.<
> 
> 
> So probably octal literals will not go away.

Let's give it a hope. Facts and reason do have to carry some weight. I'll
commit octal to Phobos.

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