Is there any reason why lVals = [1, 08, 2011] throws an exception?

Question

I have discovered one thing that makes me crazy. If I specify the following list:

lVals = [1, 01, 2011]

then no errors will be displayed, a

Answer 1

In Java, the zero prefix would specify an Octal value - so 01...07 are fine, 08 would be an error as there is no 8 in Octal.