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

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Tue, 14 Jan 2003 09🔞34 -0500

> > I think we should lose the C version of strptime and use > > strptime.py everywhere now -- allowing x-platform accidents to > > sneak thru is un-Pythonic (unless they're valuable x-platform > > accidents -- strptime accidents are random crap). > > Guess what. Through clever use of the time-machine, we are using > strptime.py everwhere now. There's an #undef HAVESTRPTIME in > timemodule.c.

I need one of those new-fangled time-machines. Sure seem handy. =)

We still need to make a final decision about this. Instead of #undef HAVE_STRPTIME, the code in timemodule.c that uses _strptime.py should simply be included unconditionally.

Arguments for always using _strptime.py:

Arguments for using the platform strptime() if it exists:

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)