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Author serhiy.storchaka
Recipients docs@python, eric.smith, serhiy.storchaka, vstinner, wolma
Date 2016-03-11.08:51:36
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I agree with you and always prefer formatting strings.

Your example shows that at least an alternative to str.zfill() should be mentioned in the educational purposes.

With C-style formatting your example can be written more laconically:

    return "%0*x" % (length, ...)
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2016-03-11 08:51:37serhiy.storchakasetrecipients: + serhiy.storchaka, vstinner, eric.smith, docs@python, wolma
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