From: Jano Svitok <jan.svitok@...>
Date: 2008-09-10T22:34:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Please explain that

On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 15:24, Jan Pilz <pilz@osp-dd.de> wrote:
> Can you please explain this behaviour ?
>
> irb(main):017:0> 071.to_s
> => "57"
> irb(main):018:0> 71.to_s
> => "71"
>
> Why is an octal Number converted to decimal when outputted as String ?

It's not an octal number anymore when it's parsed. It's just a number.