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

[Carl Meyer]

On 08/18/2015 11:19 AM, Ethan Furman wrote:
> Maybe 'repeat'?  Then `repeat = 0` is the default, and `repeat = 1` for
> the repeated time.

One problem with both `fold` and `repeat` is that this flag (per the
PEP) also influences resolution of "missing" times, in which case there
is no fold (there's a gap) and no time is repeated.

IMO the strongest candidate might be `later`. It's easy to figure out
which time it would mean in all cases, it applies reasonably to both the
"fold" and the "gap", and (unlike `first`) it defaults to False. I don't
really see the downside mentioned in the PEP (possible confusion with
`latter`) as a strong negative. There are plenty of other APIs in the
stdlib which could be mis-spelled; why is that a deal-breaker here?

Carl

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