Tomas, > Why not recommend Elisp's explicit syntax for octal representation, > i.e. :tangle-mode #o660? And put a prominent note in the docs, > of course.
as much as my fingers are used to "0660 ==> octal", this probably makes
sense.
on the other hand, to protect users, might it be worthwhile ("just due
to the context") to flag ":tangle-mode 0..." integers as an error for
the user to deal with? (and point them at, e.g., #o660.)
cheers, Greg
