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

[bartc]

On 12/05/2018 05:29, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Fri, 11 May 2018 16:56:09 +0100, bartc wrote:
> 
>> 0100, if not intended as octal, is
>> an undetectable error in C and Python 2.
> 
> How fortunate then that Python 2 is history (soon to be ancient history)
> and people can use Python 3 where that error of judgement has been
> rectified.

At least you're agreeing it was a mistake.

Although it does still mean that Python 3 has this funny quirk:

   a = 00000           # ok
   a = 00123.          # ok
   a = int("00123")    # ok
   a = 00123           # error


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bartc