98 report doesn't). So, for example,
<programlisting>read "0xf00" :: Int</programlisting>
works in GHC.</para>
+ <para>A possible reason for this is that <literal>readLitChar</literal> accepts hex and
+ octal escapes, so it seems inconsistent not to do so for integers too.</para>
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