I've been using the octal for many years, but never with any real frequency so I always have to think about it a bit more than I'd like to admit. Having said that, looking what those patches are proposing... the octal is far superior even for an interloper like myself. I know how to think about the octal permissions to get to what is happening without digging into documentation... I can't say that with the macros.

Also, just spamming like that is insane.