# HG changeset patch
# User Arun Giridhar <arungiridhar@gmail.com>
# Date 1654194606 14400
# Node ID 20aa91d357be6ef3a692d211874e7405db55fd19
# Parent  7201d9b7cea6fbccfa5a42bfcf9f847b29b7ff75
NEWS.7.md: minor correction about hexadecimal constants

NEWS.7.md: An 8-digit hexadecimal string yields a uint32 not a uint64.
If the input is longer than 8 digits then it's uint64.

diff -r 7201d9b7cea6 -r 20aa91d357be etc/NEWS.7.md
--- a/etc/NEWS.7.md	Thu Jun 02 19:52:08 2022 +0200
+++ b/etc/NEWS.7.md	Thu Jun 02 14:30:06 2022 -0400
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 - Binary and hexadecimal constants like `0b101` and `0xDEADBEEF` now
 create integers (unsigned by default) with sizes determined from the
 number of digits present.  For example, `0xff` creates a `uint8` value
-and `0xDEADBEEF` creates a `uint64` value.  You may also use a suffix of
+and `0xDEADBEEF` creates a `uint32` value.  You may also use a suffix of
 the form `u8`, `u16`, `u32`, `u64`, `s8`, `s16`, `s32`, or `s64` to
 explicitly specify the data type to use (`u` or `s` to indicate unsigned
 or signed and the number to indicate the integer size).