Why do not have `0o` prefix for octal numbers?

Hauleth lukasz at niemier.pl
Wed Sep 19 09:03:36 PDT 2012


Some time ago I've asked on SO why most languages have `0` prefix 
for octal numbers. My opinion is the same as D designers that it 
cause a lot of bugs, but why octal numbers are avaible only by 
using `std.conv.octal`?


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