[Python-3000] Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: Octal

[Greg Ewing]

Guido van Rossum wrote:
> I'm
> somewhat uncomfortable with 0o because the zero in some fonts is about
> the same size as a lowercase oh;

You already have to be careful what font you use for
programming with, so I don't think that's a serious
problem.

More serious is that if we want to be consistent with
0x and allow upper case, we get 0O, which looks quite
confusing in just about any font.

--
Greg