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Option to retain leading zeros

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enhancement
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TeX
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Description

As described in https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/702619/siunitx-keep-leading-zeroes-while-parse-numbers-true/, some people might want to retain a variable number of non-significant digits.

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Research direction

Start with the linked TeX Stack Exchange discussion to understand the requested behavior for variable numbers of non-significant digits. Then locate siunitx's number-parsing entry point and existing tests; done means defining and verifying an option that retains leading zeros without changing default parsing.

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Assessment

Tech stack
latex
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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