[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Created: (JBRULES-2787) Accept hexadecimal values in rule LHS

[Uli Bubenheimer (JIRA)]

Accept hexadecimal values in rule LHS
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                 Key: JBRULES-2787
                 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBRULES-2787
             Project: Drools
          Issue Type: Feature Request
      Security Level: Public (Everyone can see)
          Components: drools-compiler (expert), drools-docs-expert, drools-eclipse (expert), drools-guvnor
    Affects Versions: 5.1.1.FINAL
            Reporter: Uli Bubenheimer
            Assignee: Mark Proctor


It is not possible to use a hexadecimal value in the LHS of a rule.

The manual says: "All standard Java numeric primitives are supported." As hexadecimal values are standard Java numeric primitives, this could be considered not just a new feature, but a bug (documentation bug at least).

I found this issue first mentioned in the referenced user forum post from 2006; sadly, the poster did not create a JIRA issue as suggested, or at least I could not find one.

Example:

rule "bla"
when
Value( tag == 0x00080060 )     // ERROR!
then
//something
end

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