[pilot-db-list] leading zero bug is octal

[Thomas M. <tw...@s2...>]

Hi,

On Friday 21 September 2001 22:55, Butler, Kevin wrote:

I just tried to reproduce the leading zero problem.

1. it only occurs in number fields.
2. it is a "feature", that is, you can use a leading zero to enter 
octal numbers, and a leading 0x to enter hexadecimal numbers.

The code apparently just uses the standard C function to convert 
strings to integers. The question now is whether this is a useful 
feature or not. I think it is not, because it is not intuitive for 
non-programmers.

MfG :-)
Thomas