Re: The "leading zero means octal" thing...

In article <vlcik4$md8n$1@dont-email.me>, Rich  <rich@example.invalid> wrote:

In comp.lang.tcl Kenny McCormack <gazelle@shell.xmission.com> wrote:

I am referring, of course, to the convention that a number with a
leading zero is interpreted as octal.  ...  most recently in Tcl
(Expect) ...

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For Tcl 9, leading zero decimal number strings are no longer
interpreted as octal:
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https://www.tcl-lang.com/software/tcltk/9.0.html
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 Numbers
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   0NNN format is no longer octal interpretation. Use 0oNNN
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This is good news!

I guess I'm going to have to re-compile (A private version of) Tcl and
Expect (one of these days...)

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