Re: c/4698: constant beginning with 0 as array index

[Andrew Pinski <pinskia@physics.uc.edu>]

This is not a bug, a number in C prefix with 0 is in base 8 not base 10, 
can someone close this bug?

Thanks,
Andrew Pinski
On Friday, October 26, 2001, at 10:40 , bonnaud@iut2.upmf-grenoble.fr 
wrote:

> > Number:         4698
> > Category:       c
> > Synopsis:       constant beginning with 0 as array index does not 
> > compile
> > Confidential:   no
> > Severity:       non-critical
> > Priority:       low
> > Responsible:    unassigned
> > State:          open
> > Class:          rejects-legal
> > Submitter-Id:   net
> > Arrival-Date:   Fri Oct 26 07:46:01 PDT 2001
> > Closed-Date:
> > Last-Modified:
> > Originator:
> > Release:        3.0.2 (Debian) (Debian testing/unstable)
> > Organization:
> > Environment:
> System: Linux pc-dg-116-1 2.4.12-686 #2 Sat Oct 13 20:13:05 EST 2001 
> i686 unknown
> Architecture: i686
>
> host: i386-pc-linux-gnu
> build: i386-pc-linux-gnu
> target: i386-pc-linux-gnu
> configured with: ../src/configure -v --enable-
> languages=c,c++,java,f77,proto,objc --prefix=/usr --infodir=/share/info 
> --mandir=/share/man --enable-shared --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld 
> --with-system-zlib --enable-long-long --enable-nls 
> --without-included-gettext --disable-checking --enable-threads=posix 
> --enable-java-gc=boehm --with-cpp-install-dir=bin --enable-objc-gc 
> i386-linux
> > Description:
>
> The following program does not compile:
>
> int main(void)
> {
>   int tab[011];
>
>   tab[09]=1;      /* error here only */
>   tab[10]=02;
> }
>
> Is it a legal program or is there some subtle C/C++ rule that say it
> is not ?
>
> > How-To-Repeat:
>
> $ gcc essai.c
> essai.c: In function `main':
> essai.c:5: numeric constant contains digits beyond the radix
>
> The same error happens both with gcc and g++.  I tested versions
> 2.95.x and 3.0.x.
> > Fix:
> > Release-Note:
> > Audit-Trail:
> > Unformatted: