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> Programs that use variable names that are all upper case and contain only the characters M, D, C, L, X, V and I will be affected by the new literals. MIDI, M

> Programs that use variable names that are all upper case and contain only the characters M, D, C, L, X, V and I will be affected by the new literals. MIDI, MIC, MIX... I guess musicians didn't like this proposal :)

thaumasiotes 3y ago
MIDI shouldn't be affected.
- kseistrup 3y ago
  Neither should MIC.
  - mastazi 3y ago
    from the proposal: > Any literal composed entirely of M, D, C, L, X, V and I characters that does not follow this format will raise a syntax error, because explicit is better than implicit.
    - kseistrup 3y ago
      But “I” will only ever occur to the left of a “V” or an “X”, never before a “D“. If “I” could occur to the left of a “D“, “MID” would mean 1499, but the proper way to write 1499 is “MCDXCIX”.
      - mastazi 3y ago
        So you agree that it would raise a syntax error?
  - DemocracyFTW2 3y ago
    Why it's totally legit 1000 + ( 100 - 1 ) == 1099
    - nickserv 3y ago
      You cannot subtract 1 directly from 100, so you need to do 1000 + (100 - 10) + (10 - 1) = MXCIX
      - thaumasiotes 3y ago
        > You cannot subtract 1 directly from 100 There isn't a standard for Roman numerals; you can largely do what you want. The Eighteenth Legion used XIIX. But MIDI is obviously invalid by any standard.
- zyx321 3y ago
  According to this proposal, it would be a syntax error.
- michaelt 3y ago
  Variable names aren't allowed to start with numbers. You wouldn't expect to name a variable 15D5 would you?