[Python-3000] Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: Octal

[Thomas Wouters]

On 3/15/07, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:

> Until now, I skipped the octal thread. Now I read this and wondered, "what
> the
> hell is 0t6065 supposed to mean" and only from the context I gathered that
> it
> would be an octal literal...
>
> Seriously, nobody, even coming from another language, will be able to look
> at it
> and say, "yes, that's an octal literal."


Yes. Raymond's (and Guido's  and others') point is that hardly anybody knows
what an octal literal is in the first place, and the less-explicit syntax of
'06065' gives confusing results to those who don't. You can't accidentily
use this new syntax.

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