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

[Guido van Rossum]

> If you're suggesting a new API, why not have it return one of
> the new datetime objects ?

That would require much more changes to the user code to use the new
feature.  And in many cases a basic timestamp is just what you need --
all you usually do is comparing them, occasionally printing them, and
both are done just as easily using the int or float form.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)