From: Nobuyoshi Nakada Date: 2010-08-28T21:51:20+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:31909] [Ruby 1.8.7-Backport#3754] Integer("08") raises ArgumentError Issue #3754 has been updated by Nobuyoshi Nakada. You can write as following in 1.9: Integer("08", 10) => 8 ---------------------------------------- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/3754 ---------------------------------------- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org