[Numpy-discussion] code review/build & test for datetime business day API

[Stéfan van der Walt]

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Mark Wiebe <mwwiebe at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Probably should have!  Either way, it's something to consider: if we
>> introduce those functions now, people will start to use them where
>> they are (np.xyz), introducing another change in usage comes 2.0 (or
>> 3.0 or whichever).
>
> Absolutely, do you have any suggestions about organizing the datetime
> functionality? It's as good a place as any to try applying a good namespace
> convention.

The first thought that comes to mind is simply to keep them in a
submodule, so that users can do something like:

from numpy.datetime import some_date_func

That convention should be very easy to support across the
restructuring.  The important thing then is to document clearly that
these functions are available.

Regards
Stéfan