Leading 0's syntax error in datetime.date module (Python 3.6)
Skip Montanaro
skip.montanaro at gmail.com
Fri May 11 16:40:45 EDT 2018
>
> And, if it is really necessary to retain
> octal, why not preface it with anything BUT a "0".
>
I believe "0o" offers some symmetry with the "0x" prefix used for hex
literals. (And "0b" for binary.) It's a bit unfortunate that zero and
capital "oh" are visually so similar. Not much to be done about that at
this point. Just avoid upper case for all three prefixes.
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