[Python-Dev] datetime module enhancements
Jon Ribbens
jon+python-dev at unequivocal.co.uk
Sat Mar 10 18:07:33 CET 2007
Robert Brewer <fumanchu at amor.org> wrote:
> > One solution that just occurred to me -- and that
> > skirts the issue of choosing an interpretation --
> > is that, when comparing date and datetime objects,
> > the datetime's .date() method is called and the
> > result of that call is compared to the original
> > date.
>
> +1
>
> ...and it's a decision that can be made independently
> of how to add or subtract dates.
I don't like it. It sounds suspiciously like "when comparing integers
and floats, discard the non-integer portion of the float and then
compare as integers".
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