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

[Tim Daneliuk]

Jp Calderone wrote:
<SNIP>

>   If all you want is a string padded with zeros, use str.zfill().

I'm just curious - what is the rationale' for having this as a string
method?  i.e., This seems more like a special-purpose feature than a
generally-needed string operation.  Is there a PEP describing the genesis
of zfill?

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