octal literals, was Re: Implicit enum conversions are a stupid PITA

[Walter Bright]

Rainer Deyke wrote:
> I don't mind octal literals, but '0177' is a horrible syntax.  *Every*
> *single* *time* that I used that syntax in C or C++, I really meant to
> use a decimal.

I'm curious what tempted you to use a leading 0 in the first place.