On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 01:20:07PM -0400, Brandon Allbery wrote: > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 1:09 PM, David Wolfskill <da...@catwhisker.org>wrote: > > > $ echo $(( 09 + 0 )) > > > > Unable to get to fbsd box now but suspicious mind wants to know what > happens with 07 in place of 09.
As (I) expected, it's handled Just fine: $ uname -r 9.1-PRERELEASE $ echo $(( 07 + 0 )) 7 $ So yeah, this seems to be something involving treating leading 0 as indicating octal (and seriously disliking "9" in such a context). Peace, david -- David H. Wolfskill da...@catwhisker.org Depriving a girl or boy of an opportunity for education is evil. See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key.
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