Mailing List Archive: [issue1013] eval error

[issue1013] eval error

Aug 24, 2007, 12:59 PM

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New submission from Ray Ward:

>>> eval("9")
9
Works but.
>>> eval("09")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "<string>", line 1
09
^
SyntaxError: invalid token

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messages: 55272
nosy: Rayfward
severity: normal
status: open
title: eval error
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.5

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Georg Brandl added the comment:

This is not a bug. Integers beginning with "0" are octal literals in Python 2.x,
and "9" is not a valid octal digit.

Closing as Invalid.

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nosy: +georg.brandl
resolution: -> invalid
status: open -> closed

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