[Patch] {l,r}just with optional pad character parameter

[Peter Schneider-Kamp]

Moshe Zadka wrote:
> 
> In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess!!!!!
> 
> "GvR".ljust(6, "12")
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> ValueError: second argument to ljust must be of length 1

So what exactly did you want to express with that?

I knew that it only takes strings of length 1 right now.
My questions were directed to Thomas' question
"Why not allow multiple characters as padding ?".

better-read-the-quoted-text-too-<wink>-ly y'rs
peter
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