[Python-Dev] proposal: add basic time type to the standard library
Fred L. Drake, Jr.
fdrake@acm.org
Fri, 8 Feb 2002 16:07:04 -0500
Guido van Rossum writes:
> In that case, I take back everything I've said about Jim Fulton's
> requirements. I'm quite sure that in the past he said he needed a
> very lightweight date/time object, but from what you say it appears
> this need has disappeared.
He wanted this for the catalog, and I suspect he still does. Both
size and performance (of comparisons) were important, not rendering
time.
-Fred
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