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Re: PATCH: C_BASES option for outputting hex and octal

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From: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Zsh hackers list <zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: PATCH: C_BASES option for outputting hex and octal
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 16:46:46 +0100
In-reply-to: "Zefram"'s message of "Fri, 11 Aug 2000 21:16:03 BST." <E13NLDn-0005KX-00@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Zefram wrote:
> Wouldn't it be nicer to have $(([#0x]$num)) do the 0x-prefixed output,
> or some equivalent syntax?  It'd be nicer not to have to fiddle with a
> global option to control an essentially local decision.

Well, there is a local fix for this, and it was being fed up with having to
use it when all I wanted was what seemed to me the standard output that
made me fix it this way.  If the usual output wasn't so non-standard I
wouldn't have thought about it.  But the [#0x] idea is a good one (and I
supposed `typeset -i 0x foo' would be a natural companion, though option
argument passing for builtins is currently horrible).

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Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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References:
- Re: PATCH: C_BASES option for outputting hex and octal
  - From: Zefram

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