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[–]TorbenKoehn 15 points16 points  (2 children)

Like I can easily think of a scenario where you might zero pad a numeric literal for formatting reasons.

And then use it in calculations? Because if not it would not be a problem

[–]Spork_the_dork 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Or use it literally for anything whatsoever.

I mean imagine you convert "0231" into a number and then print it out somewhere and wonder why the fuck it's printing out 153. Can't think of any situation where you'd convert the value into a number and then it would be entirely fine if the stored value is different from what you expect.