From: nobu.nokada@...
Date: 2001-12-26T17:47:10+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:29436] Re: Is this a bug?

At Wed, 26 Dec 2001 17:16:44 +0900,
ts <decoux@moulon.inra.fr> wrote:
> n> But Integer("3\n") passes.  Isn't it strange?
> 
>  Integer("0\n") is seen as an octal number (base == 8) because it begin
>  with 0. The leading 0 are removed this is why it give an error (when it
>  try to convert "\n")

I know it, however, if "0" were simply the prefix, shouldn't
Integer("0") also fail as Integer("0x")?  I think Integer("0 ")
should succeed as Integer("3 "), since "0" is current integer
form as "3".  Or both should fail.


Nobu Nakada