Regarding the proposed Binray Literals Deprecation
Max Samukha
maxsamukha at gmail.com
Tue Sep 13 19:56:22 UTC 2022
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.
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