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Fix doc for #2523, regarding numeric literals.

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Oscar Campbell 2015-05-31 03:59:31 +02:00
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@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ Numerical constants are of a single type and have the form::
bindigit = '0'..'1' bindigit = '0'..'1'
HEX_LIT = '0' ('x' | 'X' ) hexdigit ( ['_'] hexdigit )* HEX_LIT = '0' ('x' | 'X' ) hexdigit ( ['_'] hexdigit )*
DEC_LIT = digit ( ['_'] digit )* DEC_LIT = digit ( ['_'] digit )*
OCT_LIT = '0o' octdigit ( ['_'] octdigit )* OCT_LIT = '0' ('o' | 'c' | 'C') octdigit ( ['_'] octdigit )*
BIN_LIT = '0' ('b' | 'B' ) bindigit ( ['_'] bindigit )* BIN_LIT = '0' ('b' | 'B' ) bindigit ( ['_'] bindigit )*
INT_LIT = HEX_LIT INT_LIT = HEX_LIT
@ -297,15 +297,17 @@ Numerical constants are of a single type and have the form::
exponent = ('e' | 'E' ) ['+' | '-'] digit ( ['_'] digit )* exponent = ('e' | 'E' ) ['+' | '-'] digit ( ['_'] digit )*
FLOAT_LIT = digit (['_'] digit)* (('.' (['_'] digit)* [exponent]) |exponent) FLOAT_LIT = digit (['_'] digit)* (('.' (['_'] digit)* [exponent]) |exponent)
FLOAT32_LIT = HEX_LIT '\'' ('f'|'F') '32' FLOAT32_SUFFIX = ('f' | 'F') ['32']
| (FLOAT_LIT | DEC_LIT | OCT_LIT | BIN_LIT) ['\''] ('f'|'F') '32' FLOAT32_LIT = HEX_LIT '\'' FLOAT32_SUFFIX
FLOAT64_LIT = HEX_LIT '\'' ('f'|'F') '64' | (FLOAT_LIT | DEC_LIT | OCT_LIT | BIN_LIT) ['\''] FLOAT32_SUFFIX
| (FLOAT_LIT | DEC_LIT | OCT_LIT | BIN_LIT) ['\''] ('f'|'F') '64' FLOAT64_SUFFIX = ( ('f' | 'F') '64' ) | 'd' | 'D'
FLOAT64_LIT = HEX_LIT '\'' FLOAT64_SUFFIX
| (FLOAT_LIT | DEC_LIT | OCT_LIT | BIN_LIT) ['\''] FLOAT64_SUFFIX
As can be seen in the productions, numerical constants can contain underscores As can be seen in the productions, numerical constants can contain underscores
for readability. Integer and floating point literals may be given in decimal (no for readability. Integer and floating point literals may be given in decimal (no
prefix), binary (prefix ``0b``), octal (prefix ``0o``) and hexadecimal prefix), binary (prefix ``0b``), octal (prefix ``0o`` or ``0c``) and hexadecimal
(prefix ``0x``) notation. (prefix ``0x``) notation.
There exists a literal for each numerical type that is There exists a literal for each numerical type that is
@ -331,8 +333,11 @@ The type suffixes are:
``'u16`` uint16 ``'u16`` uint16
``'u32`` uint32 ``'u32`` uint32
``'u64`` uint64 ``'u64`` uint64
``'f`` float32
``'d`` float64
``'f32`` float32 ``'f32`` float32
``'f64`` float64 ``'f64`` float64
``'f128`` float128
================= ========================= ================= =========================
Floating point literals may also be in binary, octal or hexadecimal Floating point literals may also be in binary, octal or hexadecimal
@ -344,8 +349,8 @@ is approximately 1.72826e35 according to the IEEE floating point standard.
Operators Operators
--------- ---------
In Nim one can define his own operators. An operator is any Nim allows user defined operators. An operator is any combination of the
combination of the following characters:: following characters::
= + - * / < > = + - * / < >
@ $ ~ & % | @ $ ~ & % |