weird problem with os.chmod

[Fredrik Lundh]

Mike Meyer wrote:

> Strange that int doesn't recognize the leading 0. But you can use the
> second argument to int:
>
> >>> int("0600", 16)
> 1536
> >>>

int is designed for humans, not C programmers.  humans tend to view
e.g. "08" as a valid decimal number (*), not a ValueError.

to get programmer behaviour, pass in 0 as the base:

    >>> int("10", 0)
    10
    >>> int("010", 0)
    8
    >>> int("0x10", 0)
    16

</F>

*) unless you're living in sweden, in which case "08" is quite often used
as an insult.