Thanks for the link! EDIT: Also, yes, I the mistake with my initial example -- as '8' doesn't exist in octal, we have no choice but to interpret the leading '0

Thanks for the link! EDIT: Also, yes, I the mistake with my initial example -- as '8' doesn't exist in octal, we have no choice but to interpret the leading '0' as padding and '08' as base ten, whereas '11' can be interpreted as base eight.