[Python-Dev] PEP 410 (Decimal timestamp): the implementation is ready for a review (original) (raw)

Ben Finney ben+python at benfinney.id.au
Thu Feb 16 04:12:41 CET 2012

Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> writes:

On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote: > It probably isn't worth the bother for things like file timestamps, > where the time taken to execute the system call that modifies the > file is likely to be several orders of magnitude larger.

Ironically, file timestamps are likely the only place where it matters. Read the rest of the thread.

And log message timestamps. The two only places where it matters, file timestamps and log messages.

And communication protocols. The three only places –

I'll come in again.

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