python doesn't like my numbers

[Alan Kennedy]

[paul k]
> is there any way to convince python not to take my (phone)numbers 
> starting with zero as octals?
> 
>  >>> int(088)
>   File "<stdin>", line 1
>     int(088)
>           ^
> SyntaxError: invalid token

Answer 1: Use strings: that's really what telephone numbers should be

Answer 2: Use valid octal digits in your phone numbers. The digit '8' 
cannot appear in base 8 numbers, only the digits 0-7.

 >>> int(077)
63
 >>> int(088)
Traceback (innermost last):
   (no code object) at line 0
   File "<console>", line 1
         int(088)
              ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
 >>>

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