Re: ksh bug or just normal behaviour?

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Am Mi., 02.Aug..2023 um 13:45:26 schrieb Peter N. M. Hansteen:
> On Wed, Aug 02, 2023 at 11:35:39AM +0000, Ioan Samarul wrote:
>> Can you please tell me if this is a bug or it is considered normal?
>>
>> $ set -A test a b c d e f g h i
>> $ echo ${test[07]}
>> h
>> $ echo ${test[08]}
>> ksh: 08: bad number `08'
>> $ echo ${test[8]}
>> i
>
> I strongly suspect you stumbled on to a case of the old convention "numerals with
> leading zeroes are interpreted as octal notation" (but do check the underlying
> code to make sure).

Yes, that is it. It is considered octal notation.


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Thomas