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

[Nicko van Someren]

On 14 Mar 2007, at 23:08, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> IOW, the only thing I'm unsure about is whether int('0012', 0) should
> return 10 or complain like eval('0012') would. Perhaps it's best to
> say that int('0012', 0) is a safer way to parse Python int literals,
> and that would make it an error.

The current documentation for the int() says "If radix is zero ...  
the interpretation is the same as for integer literals."  I very much  
think that this should remain true.

	Nicko