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#pad is missing
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Author: dasch

Description:
after merging Stringfunctions into ParserFunctions #pad ist missing
I know that there is padleft and padright in core features, but it has not the same and pad with # is better, cause it is better to recognize the difference to templates


Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement

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bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 21 2014, 10:59 PM
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I just got burned by replacing StringFunctions with ParserFunctions and discovering that #pad is missing. The docs imply that this is a drop-in replacement but it's not.

I have updated the docs to warn about this:

http://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Extension:ParserFunctions&diff=364337&oldid=354395

http://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Extension:StringFunctions&diff=364336&oldid=355814

Aklapper changed the subtype of this task from "Task" to "Feature Request".Feb 4 2022, 11:01 AM
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