[Python-Dev] float atime/mtime/ctime - a bad idea?
Barry A. Warsaw
barry@python.org
Tue, 15 Oct 2002 22:09:47 -0400
>>>>> "GvR" == Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:
GvR> Maybe we can introduce a variant of the stat() function that
GvR> returns floats, or alternative field names that are only
GvR> available when using attributes (not when using the tuple-ish
GvR> API)?
+1 on the latter idea. Since the st_mtime, st_atime, and st_ctime
attributes, and the tuple-ish API are documented as returning ints, I
think you shouldn't change that. Provide different field names for
float values, e.g. f_mtime, f_ctime, f_atime, or maybe just mtime,
atime, and ctime... ?
-Barry