[Python-Dev] time functions
Ka-Ping Yee
ping@lfw.org
Mon, 15 Jan 2001 21:27:33 -0800 (PST)
On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Thomas Wouters wrote:
> Actually, I'll split it up in three proposals:
>
> - Making the time in time.strftime default to 'now', so that the above
> becomes the ever so slightly confusing:
>
> timestr = time.strftime("<format>")
> (confusing because it looks a bit like a regexp constructor...)
>
> - Making the time in time.asctime and time.ctime optional, defaulting to
> 'now', so you can just call 'time.ctime()' without having to pass
> time.time() (which are about half the calls in my own code :)
>
> - Making the time in time.localtime and time.gmtime default to 'now'.
I like all of these suggestions. Go for it!
-- ?!ng