[Python-Dev] Broken strptime in Python 2.3a1 & CVS

[Brett Cannon]

[Guido van Rossum]

> > I think we should lose the C version of strptime and use
> > _strptime.py everywhere now -- allowing x-platform accidents to
> > sneak thru is un-Pythonic (unless they're *valuable* x-platform
> > accidents <wink> -- strptime accidents are random crap).
>
> Guess what.  Through clever use of the time-machine, we *are* using
> _strptime.py everwhere now.  There's an #undef HAVE_STRPTIME in
> timemodule.c.
>

I need one of those new-fangled time-machines.  Sure seem handy.  =)

-Brett