Astan Chee wrote:
> I just tried to do
> eval('00052') and it returned 42.
> Is this a known bug in the eval function? Or have I missed the way eval
> function works?
String literals beginning with a 0 are in octal.
Besides, using eval for such a narrow case is extremely unwise. Instead
use int:
>>> int('00052')
52
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