Documentation of octal representation

[ees1wc]

BPO	21212
Nosy	@ericvsmith

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title = 'Documentation of octal representation'
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[ees1wc]

This documentation section:
https://docs.python.org/3/faq/programming.html?highlight=octal#how-do-i-convert-a-string-to-a-number
seems still to refer to Python 2 octal representation rules. So I think it needs updating.

[python-dev]

New changeset fb7bc8fe0d49 by Eric V. Smith in branch '3.4':
Fix text about int() with octal numbers. Closes bpo-21212.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/fb7bc8fe0d49

New changeset 6107a727c60a by Eric V. Smith in branch 'default':
Merge 3.4: Fix text about int() with octal numbers. Closes bpo-21212.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/6107a727c60a

[ericvsmith]

Fixed. Thanks!