[Lazarus] Jedi Code Format barfs on an Octal number

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Tue, 17 Dec 2013, Frederic Da Vitoria wrote:

> 2013/12/17 Jürgen Hestermann <juergen.hestermann at gmx.de>
>
>       Am 2013-12-17 02:42, schrieb waldo kitty:
>             yes, but it is not available in TP/BP and (IIRC) Delphi...
> 
> 
> I am wondering why octal numbers are not allowed in these modes.
> Why not allow them in all modes?
> I can't see how this would cause problems.
> It would only avoid them.
> 
> 
> Maybe because these modes could be used to ensure that the developer is able to switch back to TP/BP or Delphi. If these modes
> accepted features which TP/BP or Delphi don't understand, switching back would become difficult. Or you could create a source
> file which you want to be compatible with FPC and with TP. If you use octal, it won't work.

That is exactly the idea.

Michael.