Shouldn't %06s zero-pad a string?

[Hans Nowak]

Beat Bolli wrote:

> Jeff Epler wrote:
> 
>> so "the behavior is undefined" when the s conversion is used.
>> The treatment of 0 as " " (space) seems fairly useful, though.
>>
> That's all fine, but the *Python* manual mentions no such limitation. 
> Wouldn't be simpler to handle all cases consistently?

Padding a string with zeroes doesn't make a lot of sense.  Padding it with 
spaces seems more useful.  Practicality beats purity, and all that.

> Still-wondering-whether-to-file-a-bug-ly yours

I suppose you could file a documentation bug... a request to mention this 
behavior in the documentation.

Cheers,

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