In Java, numbers prefixed with a "0" are treated as octal. It should not surprise us, then, that 08 and 09 blow up.
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 4:08 PM, levand <luke.vanderh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Seems like there's a bug here. All the digits less than 8 work. If > leading zeros aren't allowed, at least the behavior ought to be > consistent. > > (def n 01) > #'user/n > > ... > > (def n 07) > #'user/n > > BUT > > (def n 08) > clojure.lang.LispReader$ReaderException: > java.lang.NumberFormatException: Invalid number: 08 > > (def n 09) > clojure.lang.LispReader$ReaderException: > java.lang.NumberFormatException: Invalid number: 09 > > Same thing with additional leading zeros... > > (def n 007) > #'user/n > > (def n 008) > clojure.lang.LispReader$ReaderException: > java.lang.NumberFormatException: Invalid number: 008 > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
