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Re: [isocpp-wg14/wg21-liaison] Question re: P0085R3: Oo... adding a coherent character sequence to begin octal-literals

From: Jan Schultke <janschultke_at_[hidden]>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 16:32:49 +0200
As I remember it, the timeline for removal of the feature was not brought
up during the meeting. The minutes also don't record that.

The focus of the deprecation discussion was which of 01 and 001 would be
deprecated, with the goal to align the C and C++ deprecations to ensure
compatibility.

On Thu, 7 May 2026 at 16:13, Hubert Tong via Liaison <
liaison_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> With respect to the deprecation of multi-digit octal literals using the
> plain 0 suffix, there is a culture (in WG 21) of expecting that deprecation
> leads to eventual removal. Was that clear in the discussion in April (
> https://github.com/sg22-c-cpp-standard-compatibility/sg-compatibility/blob/main/meetings/2026-04-24.md
> )?
>
> -- HT
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Received on 2026-05-07 14:33:04