[issue12546] str.format cannot fill with \x00 char

[Gavin Andresen]

New submission from Gavin Andresen <gavinandresen at gmail.com>:

This gives me "foo   " instead of expected "foo\x00\x00\x00" :

"{0:\x00<6}".format('foo')

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 140225
nosy: Gavin.Andresen
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: str.format cannot fill with \x00 char
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7

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