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Yes, they should be consistent. Afaik. Thank science that other languages are better in that regard (here's Ruby): irb(main):002:0> "08".to_i => 8 irb(main):00

Yes, they should be consistent. Afaik. Thank science that other languages are better in that regard (here's Ruby): irb(main):002:0> "08".to_i => 8 irb(main):003:0> "08".to_i(8) => 0

warfangle 16y ago
Yet ruby has its own idiosyncrasies, with nil.id evaluating to 4.
- jherdman 16y ago
  FYI: ruby-1.8.7-p249 > nil.to_i => 0 ruby-1.9.2-head > nil.to_i => 0