From: David Garamond <lists@...6.isreserved.com>
Date: 2004-03-19T14:15:03+09:00
Subject: Octal in pack/unpack

Is the format string in pack/unpack "sacred" (i.e. it has to be 
standard/compatible with Perl/the world, much like sprintf() or 
strftime())? I was wondering why it supports "h" and "H" but not "o" and 
"O" (for octal). Can it perhaps be added in the future (providing the 
format is not sacred).

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dave