Re: [Flashforth-devel] Free form number

[Herman A. <exp...@vn...>]

It is perfect solution to extend the >number to ignor the separator. I think the best choice is the underscore character. The comma disturb me a bit, because it is "decimal point" in hungarian notation. :-) 

Thanks,

BR
Attila

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Feladó: Mikael Nordman <mik...@pp...>
Dátum: Szerda, Március 26, 2014 6:39
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> I could easily extend the FF >number so that it
> would work as today but just ignore certain punctuation.
> 
> What would be the best choice for punctuation ?
> Perhaps the comma character.
> 
> Or use the period anywhere in number to indicate that it as double number.
> Not having any punctuation in  single numbers. This is how
> it is described in Forth Programmers Handbook.
> 
> Single precision number
> #10,345
> %1011,1101,1111,0000
> $fad,e
> 
> Double precision numbers
> %1011_1101_1111_0000.
> #10,345.
> $fade,babe.
> $f,a,d,e,b,a,b,e.
> 
> 
> You proposal with separate parsing words can be implemented as an 
> add-on 
> if wanted.
> 
> BR Mike
> 
> 
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