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-rw-r--r--Doc/Zsh/options.yo6
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8c797d461..e5366a0dd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-05-16  Peter Stephenson  <pws@cambridgesiliconradio.com>
+
+	* pws: 11402: Doc/Zsh/options.yo: correct and expand OCTAL_ZEROES
+	entry.
+	
 2000-05-16  Sven Wischnowsky  <wischnow@zsh.org>
 
 	* 11401: Src/Zle/complist.c: make menu-select accept the match
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/options.yo b/Doc/Zsh/options.yo
index 671ce1337..1ffd7eae4 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/options.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/options.yo
@@ -780,8 +780,10 @@ sort the filenames numerically rather than lexicographically.
 pindex(OCTAL_ZEROES)
 cindex(octal, arithmetic expressions)
 item(tt(OCTAL_ZEROES) <S>)(
-Interpret any integer constant beginning with a 0 and not
-as octal, per IEEE Std 1003.2-1992 (ISO 9945-2:1993).
+Interpret any integer constant beginning with a 0 as octal, per IEEE Std
+1003.2-1992 (ISO 9945-2:1993).  This is not enabled by default as it
+causes problems with parsing of, for example, date and time strings with
+leading zeroes.
 )
 pindex(OVERSTRIKE)
 cindex(editor, overstrike mode)