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Bug introduced in 8.0.0 and fixed in 8.0.1

Is this a bug or my MMA went insane or I'm missing something?

LengthWhile[Reverse@IntegerDigits[1000], # == 0 &]

works fine, but with SameQ instead of Equal, or with PossibleZeroQ it doesn't

In[32]:= LengthWhile[Reverse@IntegerDigits[1000], # === 0 &]

Out[32]= 0

In[33]:= LengthWhile[Reverse@IntegerDigits[1000], PossibleZeroQ]

Out[33]= 0

It doesn't particularly happen with 1000, it was just an example.

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  • $\begingroup$ must be your version. with 8.0.4 on mac 10.6.8 both inputs return 3 $\endgroup$
    – Mike Honeychurch
    Feb 1 '12 at 3:55
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    $\begingroup$ Bug in V8.0.0 that was fixed in V8.0.1. $\endgroup$
    – Brett Champion
    Feb 1 '12 at 3:57
  • $\begingroup$ @Artes Yeah, I'm testing it in 8.0.0.0 W7. Funny thing is that it works if I evaluate in place the list and write {0, 0, 0, 1} instead... Even when it isn't HoldFirst or anything. Anyway, I'm happy it has been fixed $\endgroup$
    – Rojo
    Feb 1 '12 at 4:00
  • $\begingroup$ @BrettChampion Ok, shouldn't you put that as an answer? Or should I just close this cause it was fixed? Answers won't get better than yours $\endgroup$
    – Rojo
    Feb 1 '12 at 4:14
  • $\begingroup$ You may also find the comments to this answer: stackoverflow.com/questions/4181470/… interesting. $\endgroup$
    – Leonid Shifrin
    Feb 1 '12 at 7:43
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Looks like a bug in V8.0.0 that was fixed in V8.0.1.

Seems to be triggered in part when the argument is a packed array:

(* V8.0.0 *)
In[2]:= digits = Reverse@IntegerDigits[1000]; 

In[3]:= LengthWhile[digits, 0 === #&]

Out[3]= 0

In[4]:= LengthWhile[Developer`FromPackedArray[digits], 0 === #&]

Out[4]= 3

which would explain why it worked when you used Evaluate in Place.

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