5 Lexical conventions [lex]

In an integer-literal, the sequence of binary-digits, octal-digits, digits, or hexadecimal-digits is interpreted as a base N integer as shown in table Table 7; the lexically first digit of the sequence of digits is the most significant.

[Note 1:

The prefix and any optional separating single quotes are ignored when determining the value.

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Table 7: Base of integer-literals [tab:lex.icon.base]

🔗	Kind of integer-literal	base N
🔗	binary-literal	2
🔗	octal-literal	8
🔗	decimal-literal	10
🔗	hexadecimal-literal	16

The hexadecimal-digits a through f and A through F have decimal values ten through fifteen.

[Example 1:

The number twelve can be written 12, 014, 0XC, or 0b1100.

The integer-literals 1048576, 1'048'576, 0X100000, 0x10'0000, and 0'004'000'000 all have the same value.

— end example]

The type of an integer-literal is the first type in the list in Table 8 corresponding to its optional integer-suffix in which its value can be represented.

An integer-literal is a prvalue.

Table 8: Types of integer-literals [tab:lex.icon.type]

🔗	*integer-suffix*	*decimal-literal*	**integer-literal other than decimal-literal**
🔗	none	int	int
🔗		long int	unsigned int
🔗		long long int	long int
🔗			unsigned long int
🔗			long long int
🔗			unsigned long long int
🔗	u or U	unsigned int	unsigned int
🔗		unsigned long int	unsigned long int
🔗		unsigned long long int	unsigned long long int
🔗	l or L	long int	long int
🔗		long long int	unsigned long int
🔗			long long int
🔗			unsigned long long int
🔗	Both u or U	unsigned long int	unsigned long int
🔗	and l or L	unsigned long long int	unsigned long long int
🔗	ll or LL	long long int	long long int
🔗			unsigned long long int
🔗	Both u or U	unsigned long long int	unsigned long long int
🔗	and ll or LL

If an integer-literal cannot be represented by any type in its list and an extended integer type ([basic.fundamental]) can represent its value, it may have that extended integer type.

If all of the types in the list for the integer-literal are signed, the extended integer type shall be signed.

If all of the types in the list for the integer-literal are unsigned, the extended integer type shall be unsigned.

If the list contains both signed and unsigned types, the extended integer type may be signed or unsigned.

A program is ill-formed if one of its translation units contains an integer-literal that cannot be represented by any of the allowed types.