Xref: utzoo comp.lang.c:5513 comp.lang.c++:582 Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cca!mirror!ima!haddock!karl From: karl@haddock.ISC.COM (Karl Heuer) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: Binary integer literals Message-ID: <1924@haddock.ISC.COM> Date: 10 Dec 87 00:10:10 GMT References: <2752@super.upenn.edu> Reply-To: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer) Organization: Interactive Systems, Boston Lines: 13 Keywords: binary, integer, literal In article <2752@super.upenn.edu> george@hyper.lap.upenn.edu (George Zipperlen) writes: >Wanted: a way to declare binary constants! Yeah, I'd occasionally find that useful too. The obvious syntax is 0b1011. >[Can we get this to the ANSI committee?] You'll get the usual response: "Need not convincingly shown; doable with existing features; lack of prior art". Since it's an easy feature to add, put it in your local cc (or ask your vendor to do so) as an extension -- if it becomes popular enough, it may make it into __STDC__==2. Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl@haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint