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

Martin v. Loewis martin@v.loewis.de
16 Oct 2002 07:57:17 +0200


barry@python.org (Barry A. Warsaw) writes:

> +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... ?

The previous suggestion was st_mtimef, st_ctimef, ...

Regards,
Martin