[Python-Dev] Suggestion: stopping to trust os mtimes

[Moshe Zadka]

On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Greg Stein wrote:

> He does have a point, but I think the wrong solution :-)

In my defense, it was after spending the whole day on my feet giving a
lecture, or driving (for 12 hours).

But it does bother me, even if the solution is terrible.
How about having, in addition to the time-stamp, the size of the file?
At least on UNIX, it comes for free with the same stat call.
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