[Python-Dev] Store timestamps as decimal.Decimal objects

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Wed, 1 Feb 2012 10:35:08 +1000
Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> With this approach, API usage might end up looking something like:
> 
>    >>> time.time()
>    1328006975.681211
>    >>> time.time(convert=time.as_float)
>    1328006975.681211
>    >>> time.time(convert=time.as_int)
>    1328006979
>    >>> time.time(convert=time.as_tuple)
>    (1328006975, 681211, -9)
>    >>> time.time(convert=decimal.Decimal.from_components)
>    Decimal('1328006983.761119000')

It strikes me as inelegant to have to do so much typing for something
as simple as getting the current time. We should approach the
simplicity of ``time.time(format='decimal')`` or
``time.decimal_time()``.

(and I think the callback thing is overkill)

Regards

Antoine.