Split numbers

[cabo]

(Via Joe Hildebrand)

[hildjj]

I don't think this is terribly necessary if we believe the tools to handle all of those formats in one pass are readily available. If we are going to make the change, I suggest that the hexfloat bits might want to be a separate rule also, since those are likely to need completely separate processing from the hexints.

[cabo]

In the case of my implementation, I now have very simple, if somewhat repetitive (on the level of a few tokens), code.
It now seems really hard to get this wrong...

[cabo]

(There is indeed a trade-off between making the ABNF best for explaining the syntax and making it most useful as a ready-cut code base for implementers.
I think in this case we have eat the cake and have it, too.)

[hildjj]

I think how you have it here is much easier to read. WFM, thanks.