Leading 0's syntax error in datetime.date module (Python 3.6)

[Skip Montanaro]

>
> And, if it is really necessary to retain
> octal, why not preface it with anything BUT a "0".
>

I believe "0o" offers some symmetry with the "0x" prefix used for hex
literals. (And "0b" for binary.) It's a bit unfortunate that zero and
capital "oh" are visually so similar. Not much to be done about that at
this point. Just avoid upper case for all three prefixes.

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