SRFI 169: Underscores in numbers

by Lassi Kortela

status: final (2019-07-26)

keywords: Numbers, Reader Syntax

Abstract

Many people find that large numbers are easier to read when the digits are broken into small groups. For example, the number 1582439 might be easier to read if written as 1 582 439. This applies to source code as it does to other writing. We propose an extension of Scheme syntax to allow the underscore as a digit separator in numerical constants.