eval error

[Rayfward]

BPO	1013
Nosy	@birkenfeld

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closed_at = <Date 2007-08-24.20:03:50.412>
created_at = <Date 2007-08-24.19:59:24.825>
labels = ['type-bug', 'invalid']
title = 'eval error'
updated_at = <Date 2007-08-24.20:03:50.410>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/Rayfward'

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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue1013'
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[Rayfward]

>>> eval("9")
9
Works but.
>>> eval("09")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "<string>", line 1
    09
    ^
SyntaxError: invalid token

[birkenfeld]

This is not a bug. Integers beginning with "0" are octal literals in Python 2.x,
and "9" is not a valid octal digit.

Closing as Invalid.