[Python-ideas] strptime without second argument as an inverse to __str__

[Nick Coghlan]

On 8 Aug 2014 03:27, "Alexander Belopolsky" <alexander.belopolsky at gmail.com>
wrote:
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> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 4:17 AM, Wolfgang Maier <
wolfgang.maier at biologie.uni-freiburg.de> wrote:
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>>> Since parsing will be done in C, it's cost can be made negligible.  In
>>> implementations other than CPython, YMMV.
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>> Why would parsing occur in C ? The datetime module is implemented in
pure Python.
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> No.  In CPython, datetime module is implemented in C.
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> http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/default/Modules/_datetimemodule.c

Don't we have both these days? (C accelerator with pure Python fallback)

Anyway, I'm +1 for Wolfgang's trio of "fromstr" alternative constructors,
but the suggested variation that allows both " " and "T" as the separator,
rather than accepting a parameter. Anyone wanting more flexibility can use
strptime, or else switch to something like dateutil.

Cheers,
Nick.

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