Christian Heimes added the comment: It's nota bug, it's a feature. Python 2.x interprets numers with a 0 prefix as octal numbers. '8' and '9' are no valid tokens in octal notation.
>>> 010 8 >>> 10 10 http://docs.python.org/2.7/reference/lexical_analysis.html#numeric-literals ---------- nosy: +christian.heimes resolution: -> invalid stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue20052> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
