From: Nobuyoshi Nakada <nobu@...>
Date: 2007-07-16T03:46:05+09:00
Subject: Re: rb_cstr_to_inum use of strtoul as an optimization has unfortunate side effects

Hi,

At Mon, 16 Jul 2007 02:07:44 +0900,
Florian Gross wrote in [ruby-core:11693]:
> On another note, String#oct allows the base to be changed by a base
> prefix:

> Is this by design?

Yes, it's intentional.

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Nobu Nakada