[fpc-pascal] Underscores in numerical literals - grouping

[Yann Mérignac]

> Is there any other place in any language (programming or natural) where
underscored are used in this way?

In Ada at least since 1983.
http://archive.adaic.com/standards/83lrm/html/lrm-02-04.html

2016-11-22 1:26 GMT+01:00 Gordon Findlay <gfindlay.linux at gmail.com>:

> Yet another daft idea from java.  Is there any other place in any language
> (programming or natural) where underscored are used in this way? Any long
> list of digits will represent a string anyway. My library card had a field
> with 9 digits, but that sure ain't a number.
>
> On 22/11/2016 3:46 am, "Graeme Geldenhuys" <mailinglists at geldenhuys.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> I don't know about you, but I like this idea implemented in Java 7 and
>> later.
>>
>> http://jasdhir.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/using-underscores-in-literals.html
>>
>>
>> I always find it hard to read long numeric literals.
>>
>>
>> Alternatively, without needing compiler changes, the IDE's and
>> programmer editors should become more clever in how they display source
>> code (think Elastic Tabstops), and automatically display numeric
>> literals with slight increase in [render] spacing between certain number
>> groups. Binary literals could be grouped every eight digits, whereas Hex
>> could be grouped every 4 and Decimals every 3 digits. The age old rule
>> of programmer source code always being in a mono-spaced font is
>> ridiculous for this day and age.
>>
>> Regards,
>>   Graeme
>>
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