Re: Motion 46: NO
On 07/19/2013 02:00 PM, Ian McIntosh wrote:
Since there are conflicts between common languages it's impossible to
define one literal syntax common to them all, and using "_" for a 1788
meaning when it already has two meanings for common language literals
may cause additional confusion. If we use it, we might need a
statement that our meaning overrides any language meanings.
I think that's a good point (about meaning conflicts). I'm
wondering if we can word the standard in such a way
to avoid such conflicts (by specifying, say, the locale's
expression to express the three most significant
decimal digits). The downside to that, of course, would
be a less clear and weaker standard. I'll duck out of
that one ...
Baker
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