Backport #3754: Integer("08") raises ArgumentError

• Status: Rejected
• Assignee: -

[bj (Björn Engelmann)]

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Integer("08") and Integer("09") raise an ArgumentError while all other digits (f.i. Integer("05")) do not.
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[runpaint (Run Paint Run Run)]

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The 0 prefix denotes an octal number, the same as with Integer literals. Therefore, this is spec. as neither 8 nor 9 are valid digits in base 8.

Integer '0245'
=> 165
0245
=> 165
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[naruse (Yui NARUSE)]

• Status changed from Open to Rejected

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[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

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You can write as following in 1.9:
Integer("08", 10) => 8
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