[Python-Dev] datetime module enhancements (original) (raw)

Jon Ribbens jon+python-dev at unequivocal.co.uk
Sat Mar 10 18:07:33 CET 2007

Robert Brewer <fumanchu at amor.org> wrote:

> One solution that just occurred to me -- and that > skirts the issue of choosing an interpretation -- > is that, when comparing date and datetime objects, > the datetime's .date() method is called and the > result of that call is compared to the original > date.

+1 ...and it's a decision that can be made independently of how to add or subtract dates.

I don't like it. It sounds suspiciously like "when comparing integers and floats, discard the non-integer portion of the float and then compare as integers".

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