[Python-3000] Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: Octal (original) (raw)
Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Thu Mar 15 11:54:06 CET 2007
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On Mar 14, 2007, at 8:33 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
While I would agree in an ideal world, I find Thomas's argument compelling. Not all newbie Python users are first-time computer users; if they have C/C++ or other Unixoid languages under their belt (even Java has leading-zero-as-octal!) they might type 0600 and never notice it returns the wrong value until it's too late. Swapping the confusion of one group for the confusion of another group is not quite worth it.
I agree completely.
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