bnoordhuis/node — comment on commit 11d68eb3fc3c2f8d377cf8c50f1babb8d1f82d5f
File: lib/fs.js line 357
By bnoordhuis:

I suspect it caters to web developers who've never heard of octal in the first place, then spend days tracking down bugs caused by a stray zero.

I'd rather leave the patch as it is. LGTY?