Thanks for your comment. It kind of makes a little sense now. I just wished the octals needed a stricter prefix like "0o" as they are not very common compared t

Thanks for your comment. It kind of makes a little sense now. I just wished the octals needed a stricter prefix like "0o" as they are not very common compared to decimal and hex (in my experience at least). The way Python casts strings with leading zeros makes more sense to me. Later I'll update the post with your feedback. Thanks.