Ordinal numbers

[J. Landman Gay]

On 7/4/2014, 12:53 PM, Richmond wrote:
> So; perhaps the way to keep everybody happy (well, Thee and Me, at
> least) is to have some sort of
> rider in the Dictionary where the ordinal numbers are, that that is for
> backward compatibility and
> "delete char 3" is to be preferred.

But it isn't for backward compatibility; that came up only because some 
people wanted to removed the terms. Nor is there a "preferred" syntax. 
The ordinals exist as an option for those who find them to be more 
natural. It's another choice, just as all the other synonyms in the 
language are choices. We like choice.

I remember seeing documentation somewhere about the one through ten 
constants, and when you first mentioned the omission I did a quick look 
but couldn't find it. I agree it should probably be in the dictionary, 
and a quick report in the QCC could fix that.

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