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From: Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Hex string literals (was Re: C23 thoughts and opinions)
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 09:50:34 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-06-17, bart <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:
> AFAIK nobody uses octal anymore.

Unix shell and C programmers fairly often use octal unintentionally,
whereby harmless-looking leading zero changes what was supposed to
be, say, 77 to 63.


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