[Tutor] Multifunction mapping

[Remco Gerlich]

On  0, alan.gauld@bt.com wrote:
> > (061,062,063,064,065,066,067,068,069)
> and these must be strings since the leading 
> zero has no significance for an int...?

If only that were true.

Python still has the moronic syntax from the C world, where a literal with a
leading 0 is considered to be in octal (which sometimes leads to weird bugs).

>>> 067
55

067 is 6*8+7 = 55, while 068 is actually a syntax error.

But I think he meant strings, yes. :-)

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Remco Gerlich