On 20/01/18 05:08, Chris Adams wrote: > Once upon a time, Nico Kadel-Garcia <nka...@gmail.com> said: >> I don't see any modern scripting language where a leading 0 would lead >> to interpreting a number as octal. > > I suggest you check again; I don't see any where a leading 0 does NOT > lead to interpreting a number as octal Here are a few common scripting > languages (just what I have installed): > > $ python -c 'print(010 + 1)' > 9 > $ bash -c 'echo $((010 + 1))' > 9 > $ perl -le 'print 010 + 1' > 9 > $ ruby -e 'puts 010 + 1' > 9 > $ d8 -e 'print(010 + 1)' > 9 >
Yes, bash and perl would be where I picked that up from, enough to want to double-check. I kind of figured that if rpmbuild did interpret it as octal, it probably would've blown things up well before now, just wanted to make sure. -- J. Randall Owens | http://www.GhiaPet.net/
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