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diff --git a/docs/types.rst b/docs/types.rst index 12a35aaf..31f6b53d 100644 --- a/docs/types.rst +++ b/docs/types.rst @@ -218,6 +218,15 @@ String literals are written with either double or single-quotes (``"foo"`` or `` String literals support escape characters, such as ``\n``, ``\xNN`` and ``\uNNNN``. ``\xNN`` takes a hex value and inserts the appropriate byte, while ``\uNNNN`` takes a Unicode codepoint and inserts an UTF-8 sequence. +.. index:: literal, bytes + +Hexadecimal Literals +-------------------- + +Hexademical Literals are prefixed with the keyword ``hex`` and are enclosed in double or single-quotes (``hex"001122FF"``). Their content must be a hexadecimal string and their value will be the binary representation of those values. + +Hexademical Literals behave like String Literals and have the same convertibility restrictions. + .. index:: enum .. _enums: |