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    <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B11" rel="noreferrer">C++11</a> introduces <a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2378.pdf" rel="noreferrer">user-defined literals</a> which will allow the introduction of new literal syntax based on existing literals (<code>int</code>, <code>hex</code>, <code>string</code>, <code>float</code>) so that any type will be able to have a literal presentation.</p> <p><strong>Examples:</strong></p> <pre><code>// imaginary numbers std::complex&lt;long double&gt; operator "" _i(long double d) // cooked form { return std::complex&lt;long double&gt;(0, d); } auto val = 3.14_i; // val = complex&lt;long double&gt;(0, 3.14) // binary values int operator "" _B(const char*); // raw form int answer = 101010_B; // answer = 42 // std::string std::string operator "" _s(const char* str, size_t /*length*/) { return std::string(str); } auto hi = "hello"_s + " world"; // + works, "hello"_s is a string not a pointer // units assert(1_kg == 2.2_lb); // give or take 0.00462262 pounds </code></pre> <p>At first glance this looks very cool but I'm wondering how applicable it really is, when I tried to think of having the suffixes <code>_AD</code> and <code>_BC</code> create dates I found that it's problematic due to operator order. <code>1974/01/06_AD</code> would first evaluate <code>1974/01</code> (as plain <code>int</code>s) and only later the <code>06_AD</code> (to say nothing of August and September having to be written without the <code>0</code> for octal reasons). This can be worked around by having the syntax be <code>1974-1/6_AD</code> so that the operator evaluation order works but it's clunky. </p> <p>So what my question boils down to is this, do you feel this feature will justify itself? What other literals would you like to define that will make your C++ code more readable?</p> <hr> <p>Updated syntax to fit the final draft on June 2011</p>
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    1. COI'm gonna vote to close this. The title is quite clearly inflamatory.
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    2. CO@DeadMG, if you have a problem wit the title you can edit it. It's a bit funny trying to close a 3 year old question that has 11 upvotes and 8 favourites. (Not the mention that the etiquette on this site has changed in the last 3 years).
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    3. COI think you have an error in your examples: `string operator "" _s(const char*s);"` can not be used to parse `"hello"_s"`. This is a string literal and will look for the operator with an additional `size_t` parameter. Am I right?
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