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Re: PATCH: (provisional) underscores in constants in numeric evaluation

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From: Jérémie Roquet <arkanosis@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: PATCH: (provisional) underscores in constants in numeric evaluation
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:18:23 +0200
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Hi,

2012/8/30 Peter Stephenson <Peter.Stephenson@xxxxxxx>:
> Some scripting languages allow dummy "_"s in numeric constants so you
> can count the decimal places.  This is very convenient if you're doing
> arithmetic with large integers.

Cannot say if the patch is safe or not, but I'd really enjoy this
feature (which is also available in D, btw).

Thanks!

-- 
Jérémie

References:
- PATCH: (provisional) underscores in constants in numeric evaluation
  - From: Peter Stephenson

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