[Python-Dev] Octal literals

M J Fleming scs5mjf at comp.leeds.ac.uk
Wed Feb 1 20:09:52 CET 2006


On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 01:35:14PM -0500, Barry Warsaw wrote:
> The proposal for something like 0xff, 0o664, and 0b1001001 seems like
> the right direction, although 'o' for octal literal looks kind of funky.
> Maybe 'c' for oCtal?  (remember it's 'x' for heXadecimal).
>
> -Barry
>

+1

I definately agree with the 0c664 octal literal. Seems rather more
intuitive.

Matt




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