On Thu, 25 May 2000, Eduardo Horvath wrote:

 8< snip >8

> One other thing that bugs me is that if your current radix is 16 and you
> type in a hex number that starts with an `a'-`f' ddb will try to look it
> up as a symbol and print an error message.  I'd like it if it also tried
> converting it as hex before complaining.

And what do you do if the "hex number" is both a valid hex number _and_
a valid symbol?  Like, "deadbeef" for example?   :)

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