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To: karlheg+xemacs@inetarena.com (Karl M. Hegbloom)
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Subject: Suggested library function addition
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    Karl>  I think entering file modes as decimal integers is a real pain.

Seems odd to me that numbers with leading 'O' or '0x' aren't parsed as octal
or hex in the first place.  How much breakage would result if that
convention was adopted?

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