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

Skip Montanaro skip@pobox.com
Thu, 17 Oct 2002 13:42:48 -0500 

BAW> Provide different field names for float values, e.g. f_mtime,
BAW> f_ctime, f_atime, or maybe just mtime, atime, and ctime... ?

Martin> The previous suggestion was st_mtimef, st_ctimef, ...

Why not simply provide an alternative method, os.fstat()? Seems cleaner to me. The field names are hard enough to remember as it is...

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