Case sensitivity in an odd place

{
    print 0xabcdef;     # this outputs "11259375"
    print 0xABCDEF;     # so does this
    print 0XABCDEF;     # but this is a syntax error
}

Is there some kind of thought behind only allowing lowercase x
in a hexadecimal literal?


/Bo Lindbergh

• Case sensitivity in an odd place by Bo Lindbergh
• Re: Case sensitivity in an odd place by Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason