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Re: Octal

From Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: Octal
Date 2016-12-27 12:17 -0800
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BartC <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
[...]
> (But isn't 0x123E+3 illegal? I thought it had to be 0x123P+3, with the 
> +3 now meaning a binary exponent.)

Yes.

The preprocessor treats 0x123E+3 as a single preprocessing number
(see N1570 6.4.8).  Since it's neither a valid integer constant nor
a valid floating-point constant, it's treated as a syntax error in
translation phase 7.

On the other hand, 0x123F+3 is treated by the preprocessor as three
tokens (because it uses F rather than E): the preprocessing number
0x123f (which becomes an integer constant in phase 7), the symbol
"=", and the constant 3.

If the standard didn't make the distinction between preprocessing
numbers and constants, then 0x123E+3 *could* also have been treated
as three tokens: 0x123E + 3.

It's an odd little glitch, but not IMHO one worth fixing.

If you're writing a preprocessor, or a C compiler, or some other
tool that processes C source code, you probably don't have to
worry about it.  If you follow the grammar defined by the standard,
the different treatment of 0x123E+3 vs. 0x123F+3 should be handled
correctly.  (It would be a good test case.)

If you're writing C code, again, you probably don't have to worry
about it; hopefully you'll use enough white space so that the
problem never shows up.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
"We must do something.  This is something.  Therefore, we must do this."
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Octal BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-27 14:08 +0000
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