Re: [EXT] Re: Bash 5.1: rl_readline_version = 0x801 (shouldn't it be 0x0801 ?)

[L A Walsh]

On 2020/12/08 04:40, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 09:47:05AM +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>   
> > On Dez 07 2020, Testing Purposes wrote:
> >
> >     
> > > From an integer standpoint, I know that 08 (with one leading zero) is the
> > > same as 8.
> > >       
> > Nope, it is a syntax error.
> >     
>
> In a bash math context or in C, 08 is indeed a syntax error, as it is
> an octal integer constant with an invalid digit ("8").
>
> In mathematics, 08 is just 8.
>   

But the subject says 0x08(01), not 08.