Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> writes: > Hmm. That is a confusing inconsistency, I agree. It is deliberate, and > explicitly documented: > > Note that leading zeros in a non-zero decimal number are not > allowed. This is for disambiguation with C-style octal literals, > which Python used before version 3.0. > > > <URL:https://docs.python.org/3/reference/lexical_analysis.html#integer-literals> > > which does not explain why “non-zero decimal number” was chosen, rather > than simply any decimal number.
I have reported <URL:https://bugs.python.org/issue26490> to try to resolve this ambiguity. -- \ “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little | `\ temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” | _o__) —Benjamin Franklin, 1775-02-17 | Ben Finney _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
