On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 11:58 AM Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
That's a simple matter of history. > > Python 2.7.13 (default, Sep 26 2018, 18:42:22) > [GCC 6.3.0 20170516] on linux2 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > >>> 0100 > 64 > > In C and its friends and family, a leading zero means octal. Python 3 > removed this (you can use "0o100" for octal, paralleling "0x100" for > hex), but in order to ensure that code would cleanly break rather than > inexplicably giving the wrong result, "001" is an error. > Thank you for this clear and concise explanation. As I explain in the post I promised (in the message you responded to), it was a good idea then, and it might not be a good idea now. I ask that all follow up to that specific topic go to the new thread: https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/thread/7IKEXSMVVDOTLHA7CNI7MIOBK4EU2ZSG/ -- Jonathan
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