[Python-Dev] PEP 410 (Decimal timestamp): the implementation is ready for a review

[Steven D'Aprano]

Georg Brandl wrote:
> Am 16.02.2012 11:14, schrieb "Martin v. Löwis":
>> Am 16.02.2012 10:51, schrieb Victor Stinner:
>>> 2012/2/16 "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de>:
>>>>> Maybe an alternative PEP could be written that supports the filesystem
>>>>> copying use case only, using some specialized ns APIs? I really think
>>>>> that all you need is st_{a,c,m}time_ns fields and os.utime_ns().
>>>> I'm -1 on that, because it will make people write complicated code.
>>> Python 3.3 *has already* APIs for nanosecond timestamps:
>>> os.utimensat(), os.futimens(), signal.sigtimedwait(), etc. These
>>> functions expect a (seconds: int, nanoseconds: int) tuple.
>> I'm -1 on adding these APIs, also. Since Python 3.3 is not released
>> yet, it's not too late to revert them.
> 
> +1.

Sorry, is that +1 on the revert, or +1 on the APIs?



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Steven