On 2018-12-12 02:06, Avi Gross wrote:
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My main point though is that a leading zero can appear including in bank
account numbers, social security numbers and so on. But I accept that
historically python is as it is. As I mentioned, some functions like int() can
deal with them.
Bank account numbers, etc, are not really numbers, but are, instead,
identifiers. You wouldn't do arithmetic with such a number, nor should
you store one in a integer field in a database. Dropping a leading digit
would be like dropping a leading letter of a name.
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