• imr1984 (5/5) Feb 03 2004 ok so all C based languages can do this:
• Vathix (4/7) Feb 03 2004 It's supported. Give it a try.
• Stephan Wienczny (6/17) Feb 03 2004 Have a look at
• Matthew (3/8) Feb 03 2004 AFAIUI, D already supports this, although I do not know the precise synt...

imr1984 <imr1984_member pathlink.com> writes:

ok so all C based languages can do this:

int x = 0xFF; //255

what about this:

int x = 0b11111111; //255

this would be very useful especially for defining flags

Vathix <vathix dprogramming.com> writes:

 int x = 0b11111111; //255
 
 this would be very useful especially for defining flags

It's supported. Give it a try.


-- 
Christopher E. Miller
www.dprogramming.com

Stephan Wienczny <wienczny web.de> writes:

imr1984 wrote:
 ok so all C based languages can do this:
 
 int x = 0xFF; //255
 
 what about this:
 
 int x = 0b11111111; //255
 
 this would be very useful especially for defining flags
 
 


Have a look at

http://digitalmars.com/d/lex.html

There look at Integer Literals -> binary
D supports exactly the notation you suggest...

Stephan

"Matthew" <matthew.hat stlsoft.dot.org> writes:

AFAIUI, D already supports this, although I do not know the precise syntax

"imr1984" <imr1984_member pathlink.com> wrote in message
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 ok so all C based languages can do this:

 int x = 0xFF; //255

 what about this:

 int x = 0b11111111; //255

 this would be very useful especially for defining flags