[Python-Dev] Vacation and possibly a new bug

[Raymond Hettinger]

[Brett]
Didn't know C had a flooring divide operator.  Good to know.

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[Neal Norwitz]
> > I don't know what ((365 * 24 + 6) * 3600) is supposed to represent.  
> > 1 year + 6 hours in seconds.  What's that?

[Dave Barry] 
> I know nothing about this code, but it would make sense to assume that
> the extra + 6 hours was intended to account for leap years, 6 * 4 == 24
> hours, or 1 extra day every 4 years.

I wasn't worried before this conversation began, but now ...



Raymond Hettinger