On Dec 6, 2007, at 5:10 PM, Gregory Stark wrote:
It needs to store the number of bits present as well. Otherwise it wouldn't beable to tell apart B'1' and B'01' ... B'00000001'
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Only in the sense that numeric also has to store some meta data as well likethe weight and display precision.
Hrm... perhaps that's another worthwhile target for the varvarlena technique...
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