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arithmetic base accepted on output but not input

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From: Stephane Chazelas <Stephane_Chazelas@xxxxxxxx>
To: Zsh hackers list <zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: arithmetic base accepted on output but not input
Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 11:22:53 +0100
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Hiya,

there's a bit of a consistency issue here:

~$ echo $(([#50]49))
50#h
~$ echo $((50#h))
zsh: invalid base: 50
~$ integer -i 50 a
~$ a=123
~$ echo $a
50#2N

Cheers,
Stéphane

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