[Python-Dev] float atime/mtime/ctime - a bad idea?

[Barry A. Warsaw]

>>>>> "GvR" == Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

    GvR> Maybe we can introduce a variant of the stat() function that
    GvR> returns floats, or alternative field names that are only
    GvR> available when using attributes (not when using the tuple-ish
    GvR> API)?

+1 on the latter idea.  Since the st_mtime, st_atime, and st_ctime
attributes, and the tuple-ish API are documented as returning ints, I
think you shouldn't change that.  Provide different field names for
float values, e.g. f_mtime, f_ctime, f_atime, or maybe just mtime,
atime, and ctime... ?

-Barry