SIP-65: Generic Number Literals

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+layout: sip
+title: SIP-65 - Generic Number Literals
+stage: implementation
+status: waiting-for-implementation
+permalink: /sips/:title.html
+---
+
+**By: rjolly**
+
+## History
+
+| Date          | Version                  |
+|---------------|--------------------------|
+| Jul 23rd 2019 | Initial Draft            |
+
+Your feedback is welcome! If you're interested in discussing this proposal, head over to [this](https://contributors.scala-lang.org/t/status-of-experimental-numeric-literals/6658) Scala Contributors thread and let me know what you think.
+
+## Proposal
+
+Support generic number literals, as in `val x: BigInt = 111111100000022222222222`.
+
+## Motivation
+
+See <https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/6919>.
+
+### Specification
+
+See <https://dotty.epfl.ch/docs/reference/experimental/numeric-literals.html>.
+
+## Alternatives
+
+See <https://contributors.scala-lang.org/t/pre-sip-sharp-string-interpolation/5836>.
+
+## Implementation
+
+The implementation of generic number literals can be found at <https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/6919>.