Commit 4902c46b authored by Terry Jan Reedy's avatar Terry Jan Reedy

Issue #15660: Further clarify 0 prefix for width specifier in formats.

parent e431d3c9
......@@ -327,7 +327,8 @@ The meaning of the various alignment options is as follows:
| ``'='`` | Forces the padding to be placed after the sign (if any) |
| | but before the digits. This is used for printing fields |
| | in the form '+000000120'. This alignment option is only |
| | valid for numeric types. |
| | valid for numeric types. It becomes the default when '0'|
| | immediately precedes the field width. |
+---------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| ``'^'`` | Forces the field to be centered within the available |
| | space. |
......@@ -376,7 +377,8 @@ instead.
*width* is a decimal integer defining the minimum field width. If not
specified, then the field width will be determined by the content.
Preceding the *width* field by a zero (``'0'``) character enables
When no explicit alignment is given, preceding the *width* field by a zero
(``'0'``) character enables
sign-aware zero-padding for numeric types. This is equivalent to a *fill*
character of ``'0'`` with an *alignment* type of ``'='``.
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