Daniel Stenberg wrote:
> I've never fully understood why it uses the set number of digits
> anyway. Why can't it just do %d instead of %04d or %06d?
The tradeoff is having files that will naturally sort in numeric order, versus having the flexibility to extend the number as needed. Once the program is up and running properly, whether or not the directory sorts easily may be moot, but in the development of programs that produce lots of files in a directory, those leading zeroes are nice to have.
My $.02
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