Bug 8049 – Less bug-prone "R" suffix for real number literals

The "f" suffix turns a number literal without "." into a float, while "L" requires a "." in the number literal, otherwise you have defined a literal of type long: void main() { auto x1 = 1f; static assert(is(typeof(x1) == float)); auto x2 = 1L; static assert(is(typeof(x2) == long)); auto x3 = 1.0L; static assert(is(typeof(x3) == real)); } So I suggest to introduce _a less bug-prone_ and more specific suffix like "R" (and maybe deprecate the usage of "L" to define real numbers, so L only defines long integers): void main() { auto x = 1R; static assert(is(typeof(x) == real)); }

Walter doesn't like this idea, so I close this.