Feb. 24, 2010
7:20 a.m.
Nicolas and others I was thinking also about the implication of the 16rFF changes on 16r8e7 http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=2068 I would really like to take the time to think and discuss it as a community to see what we want to do. What is the current situation in squeak? Stef On Feb 23, 2010, at 11:16 PM, Nicolas Cellier wrote:
The main reason for not using lowercase in squeak was Dan extension of number with radix plus exponent. 16r8e7 -> 16r8 * (16 raisedTo: 7) and the Float variations...
If you decided to abandon this notation, then go with either upper or lower. But a bit of consistency could help...
Yes