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hi all! :)

Il giorno dom 23 set 2018 alle ore 19:14 Tim Hill
<drtimhill@gmail.com> ha scritto:
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> > On Sep 22, 2018, at 9:49 PM, Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Op So., 23 Sep. 2018 om 01:20 het Tim Hill <drtimhill@gmail.com> geskryf:
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> >> It’s very trivial, but I just noticed this is section 8.1 of the 5.4.0 work2 reference manual:
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> >> "the new implementation preserves the implicit type of the numeral in the string”
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> >> This should probably be “number” .. “numeral” refers to a single digit (e.g. “seven” or ‘7” or “Roman numeral"), not an entire number.
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> > "A Numeral is a figure, symbol, or group of figures or symbols
> > denoting a number." — Wikipedia
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> As I said it’s a trivial point, and I expected something like the above. So, how many Roman numerals are there in the string “XVI” ?

VI

bests! :)