[GHC] #9224: Add support for binary integer literals
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#9224: Add support for binary integer literals
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Reporter: hvr | Owner:
Type: feature request | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.10.1
Component: Compiler (Parser) | Version:
Keywords: literals | Operating System:
Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Unknown/Multiple
Difficulty: Easy (less than 1 hour) | Type of failure:
Blocked By: | None/Unknown
Related Tickets: | Test Case:
| Blocking:
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Currently, Haskell98/2010 support base-10, base-8 (via `0[oO]`-prefix) and
base-16 (via `0[xX]`-prefix) integer literals.
I hereby propose to add conditional support for base-2 integers via a
`0[bB]`-prefix, controlled via a new `-XBinaryLiterals` language extension
flag/pragma. The change to the lexer is trivial (see attached patch),
however I'm stuck on the lexer using a 32-bit feature-mask, of which all
32bits are already taken, and I'd need a 33th bit for the
`BinaryLiteralsBit` flag.
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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9224>
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