From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2006-08-19T07:27:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Bug in sprintf?

Carlos wrote:
> 
>>          If _arg_ is a +String+, leading radix indicators (+0+, +0b+, and
>>          +0x+) are honored.
> 
> [...]
> 
>> so it's expected, documented, and consistent with c.
> 
> 
> It is not expected, nor documented, because the documentation of sprintf 
> says:
>              d   | Convert argument as a decimal number.
> 
> ...which is very explicit in that the argument will be interpreted as a 
> decimal number, not octal.

The string of characters is interpreted as a decimal number IF IT IS
one. Since you started it with a zero, it's octal.

Hal