[Datetime-SIG] PEP 495 (Local Time Disambiguation) is ready for pronouncement

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Tue Aug 18 19:19:38 CEST 2015


On 08/18/2015 09:43 AM, Felipe Ochoa wrote:

> To me the problem is that in my mind both of the repeated times are
>  part of “the fold” so `fold=True` intuitively to me means the same
> as `is_ambiguous=True`. What if we merge the proposals and set the
>  attribute to `last_fold`? Then the timeline looks like:
>
>          last_fold=True
>                +--+ (time flows counter-
>                 \ | clockwise in the
>                  \|   loop)
> ---------------->+----------------->
> last_fold=False     last_fold=False

I find 'last_fold' to be more confusing than 'fold'.  Plus, time is flowing clockwise.

Maybe 'repeat'?  Then `repeat = 0` is the default, and `repeat = 1` for the repeated time.

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~Ethan~


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