Leading::Zeros 0.0.2

Leading::Zeros is a Perl module to defuse Perls octal number representation.

SYNOPSIS

no Leading::Zeros;

my $answer = 042; # dies

This module offers some control over Perls insidious "leading-zero-means-octal" notation.

INTERFACE

If the module is loaded via a no:

no Leading::Zeros;

then any subsequent attempt to use an integer constant with a leading zero, causes an exception to be thrown. The intention is to prevent you from doing so by accident.
If the module is loaded via a use, like so:

use Leading::Zeros;

then it silently pretends that any octal value (say, 042) was really a decimal value (i.e. 42).

If the module is loaded with the special -warning flag:

use Leading::Zeros -warning;

then octal numbers are treated as usual (i.e. as octals), but a warning is issued. See below.