From 0000bfc604b985c47ab153f4172596b860c7cce8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Balajiganapathi S Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 01:05:08 +0530 Subject: Allow underscores in numbers. --- docs/types.rst | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs/types.rst') diff --git a/docs/types.rst b/docs/types.rst index fbc83972..84e58fde 100644 --- a/docs/types.rst +++ b/docs/types.rst @@ -284,6 +284,9 @@ one side. Examples include ``1.``, ``.1`` and ``1.3``. Scientific notation is also supported, where the base can have fractions, while the exponent cannot. Examples include ``2e10``, ``-2e10``, ``2e-10``, ``2.5e1``. +Underscores can be used to separate digits of a numeric literal to aid readability. +For example, ``123_000``, ``0x2eff_abde``, ``1_233e34_89`` are all valid. Underscores are only allowed between two digits. + Number literal expressions retain arbitrary precision until they are converted to a non-literal type (i.e. by using them together with a non-literal expression). This means that computations do not overflow and divisions do not truncate -- cgit