rdrpenguin04/mathy-notes

Hexadecimal literal support

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#14 opened on Nov 25, 2025

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Description

Short version: 0xFF should be able to be read as 255. Extension ideas would be supporting literals of other bases.

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Locate the tokenizer or parser that handles numeric literals. Add support for '0x' prefix to parse hexadecimal numbers.
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rust
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developer experience
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Feature
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1
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Under 1 hour
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Fresh
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Clear
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Rust
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70