Re: [lmi] [lmi-commits] odd/c0 fa245ac: Replace 'C0' with '0_cents'?

[Vadim Zeitlin]

On Sat,  8 May 2021 18:06:16 -0400 (EDT) Greg Chicares 
<gchicares@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

GC> branch: odd/c0
GC> commit fa245ac27de715c88244ac488ce4c9f31bd51004
GC> Author: Gregory W. Chicares <gchicares@sbcglobal.net>
GC> Commit: Gregory W. Chicares <gchicares@sbcglobal.net>
GC> 
GC>     Replace 'C0' with '0_cents'?
GC>     
GC>     '0_cents' is more unmistakably clear.

 Yes, and I like it a lot more than 'C0' which is anything but.

GC>     However, 'C0' is guaranteed to be a compile-time constant, and it's
GC>     two characters rather than seven.

 I guess the only solution satisfying both of us would be to write 0_¢, but
this still isn't supported by gcc without a separate preprocessing stage:

https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/FAQ#What_is_the_status_of_adding_the_UTF-8_support_for_identifier_names_in_GCC.3F

 So (un?)fortunately we still can't quite write APL in C++ yet,
VZ

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