[Python-Dev] float atime/mtime/ctime - a bad idea? (original) (raw)

Barry A. Warsaw barry@python.org
Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:31:02 -0400

"MvL" == Martin v Loewis <martin@v.loewis.de> writes:

>> But you may end up ping ponging between floats and ints as you
>> import new libraries into your app.  If, as you surmise, most
>> code won't care, then that won't be a real problem.

MvL> With Guido's most recent suggestion (put ints into the
MvL> tuple), it is even more likely that nothing will break if
MvL> floats are activated (we should investigate the two known
MvL> incidents to find out whether they were using the tuple
MvL> interface).

Cool, that sounds like the best compromise.

-Barry