[Python-Dev] Broken strptime in Python 2.3a1 & CVS (original) (raw)

Brett Cannon bac@OCF.Berkeley.EDU
Mon, 13 Jan 2003 16:53:35 -0800 (PST)

[Aahz]

On Mon, Jan 13, 2003, Brett Cannon wrote: > > Well, we could tell people that they could import strptime > directly if they want to use the Python version. I mean this > whole issue is solved if people passed their time tuples through I > brain-dead simple function that unpacked the tuple and tested that > values within the valid range if they weren't gave them values that > made sense. But then the question becomes do we want to do this for > the user in the library or should we let them do it themselves.

...or provide a function that allows them to do it themselves. (Thereby making it easy but not defaulted.) --

That is definitely an option. Heck, I will even volunteer to write it if this is what people think is the best solution (and I will do it in C, no less! =).

-Brett