Re: Hex constants (idle question)

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I believe there is a patch on the Wiki for string hex constants.

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>I'd like my users to be able to type in hexadecimal (and possibly binary) 
>constants in as painless a way as possible. Currently I have:
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>  n = htoi("c3")
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>which of course works fine, but makes complex expressions less readable for an 
>inexperienced user. 
>Is there a simpler way? I thought of:
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>  n = hex.c3
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>but it would work only for hex constants beginning with a letter. The 
>alternative:
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>  n = const.h3c
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>seems ugly and error-prone.
>Did I miss other possibilities?
>
>  Enrico