Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Valid Numbers (was Re: 0x47e+barney not considered C)
Message-ID: <1988Jul28.204723.11359@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <1988Jul6.142014.6116@sq.uucp> <283@sdti.UUCP> <295@pcsbst.UUCP> <Jul.27.10.55.59.1988.7614@topaz.rutgers.edu>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 88 20:47:23 GMT

In article <Jul.27.10.55.59.1988.7614@topaz.rutgers.edu> ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) writes:
>... Second, even if the number were octal,
>8's and 9's (probably not such a good idea) are legal and map
>to octal 10's and 11's in that position.

Well, not any more they aren't legal -- X3J11 has dropped that feature, on
the grounds that nobody likes it and it's hazardous.
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