>>> 01
File "<stdin>", line 1
01
^
SyntaxError: invalid token
>>> 00
0
>>> -00
0
>>> 000
0
Why do zeros not give a syntax error, but other numbers with a leading
zero do give a syntax error? An online search reveals that in Python
2 a leading 0 starts an octal number, but this was changed in Python
3. But then why is 00...0 valid, that is, does not give a syntax
error?
TIA!
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boB
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