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Re: [gawk] type conversion error ascii (hex) to integer
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: [gawk] type conversion error ascii (hex) to integer |
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Thu, 25 Aug 2005 14:01:56 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) |
Stepan Kasal <address@hidden> writes:
> POSIX prohibits hexadecimal numbers even in program code.
No, actually POSIX 1003.1-2001 and later requires support for
hexadecimal constants in program code and in data (in some cases).
But support for this is spotty, to say the least. I reported this
problem to the gawk maintainer and to the Open Group in -- let me see
-- May of last year, but they're still mulling over what to do. See
http://www.opengroup.org/austin/aardvark/latest/xcubug2.txt
and look for "hexadecimal".