Python Gotcha with Octal Numbers

[John W. Baxter]

In article <mailman.1013611523.15053.python-list at python.org>, Simon
Brunning <SBrunning at trisystems.co.uk> wrote:

> Probably to late to do anything about it now - think of all the code which
> would break!

Did the elves at AT&T pick up the "leading 0 means octal" from
something earlier, or did they invent this stupidity themselves?

Either way, we're stuck with it.

   --John (could the zero-less Romans have been right after all?)