From sohtil@gmail.com

Hi!

I would expect :16<10> to be an Int like 0x10, but it comes out as a Num​:

This is Rakudo Perl 6, version 2010.07-84-g0e5edb5 built on parrot 2.6.0 r48225

Copyright 2008-2010, The Perl Foundation

$ ./perl6

:16<10>
16
:16<10>.WHAT
Num()
:16<10> === 0x10
0

From @coke

On Fri Aug 06 01​:23​:22 2010, lithos wrote​:

Hi!

I would expect :16<10> to be an Int like 0x10, but it comes out as a
Num​:

This is Rakudo Perl 6, version 2010.07-84-g0e5edb5 built on parrot
2.6.0 r48225

Copyright 2008-2010, The Perl Foundation

$ ./perl6

:16<10>
16
:16<10>.WHAT
Num()
:16<10> === 0x10
0

No change in the past year​:

21​:12 < [Coke]> rakudo​: say :16<10>
21​:12 <+p6eval> rakudo 38907e​: OUTPUT«16␤»
21​:12 < [Coke]> rakudo​: say :16<10>.WHAT
21​:12 <+p6eval> rakudo 38907e​: OUTPUT«Num()␤»
21​:13 < [Coke]> rakudo​: say( :16<10> === 0x10 )
21​:13 <+p6eval> rakudo 38907e​: OUTPUT«Bool​::False␤»

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Will "Coke" Coleda

The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

From @moritz

works now, and tested in S02-literals/radix.t

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