Binary Integer Literals
A new syntax for integer literals has been added, it is now possible to do the following:
val bitmask = 0b0010_0000 // equivalent to 32, 0x20
Binary integer literals behave similarly to hex integer literals (0x...), for example:
- Both
0b...and0B...are allowed 0b/0Bon its own is disallowed, possible alternatives:0,0b0,0B0- Only
0and1are allowed after the b (b/B) - Underscores
_are allowed anywhere between digits, and are ignored:0b__1 == 0b1
Note: This change has been backported to Scala 2.13.13, it is therefore not technically a changed feature