[Python-3000] [OT] Re: String literal representation of integers (octal/binary discussion)

[Boris Borcic]

Patrick Maupin wrote:

> Most of the discussion on these issues occurred on the Python-3000 mailing
> list starting 14-Mar-2007, prompted by Raymond Hettinger's observation
> (cleverly couched as a question) that the average human being would be
> completely mystified upon finding that prepending a "0" to a string of
> digits changes the meaning of that digit string entirely.

Reminds me a contrario (?) of a .sig I used for a while :

123 ? - the least natural integer (except perhaps for 12) that's
         symbolizing the whole set just by itself. Successor : 1234


Cheers, BB
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assert _304_ in _340343_, P424D15E_M15M47CH_E2202