Why gives "k = 09" a syntax error ?

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On Oct 29, 2:44 pm, Stef Mientki <stef.mien... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Guilherme Polo wrote:
> > On 10/29/08, Stef Mientki <stef.mien... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> hello,
>
> >>  Why gives "k = 09"  a syntax error ?
>
> > 09 is not a valid octal number. Instead use 011.
>
> > Ok, I guess you were not aware that prefixing a number with a '0'
> > would cause python to parse it as an octal and now you know.
>
> thanks guys,
> I didn't realize there were still people using octal notation ;-)

Windows users don't have much need for it, but it's still
popular with the 'Nix crowd.

>
> cheers,
> Stef