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   Rich to Kenny McCormack   
   Re: The "leading zero means octal" thing   
   05 Jan 25 00:09:41   
   
   XPost: comp.lang.tcl, comp.unix.shell   
   From: rich@example.invalid   
      
   In comp.lang.tcl Kenny McCormack  wrote:   
   > I am referring, of course, to the convention that a number with a   
   > leading zero is interpreted as octal.  ...  most recently in Tcl   
   > (Expect) ...   
      
   For Tcl 9, leading zero decimal number strings are no longer   
   interpreted as octal:   
      
   https://www.tcl-lang.com/software/tcltk/9.0.html   
      
     Numbers   
      
       0NNN format is no longer octal interpretation. Use 0oNNN   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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