[Python-Dev] PEP 410 (Decimal timestamp): the implementation is ready for a review

[Victor Stinner]

> I agree with Barry here (despite having voiced support for using Decimal
> before): datetime.datetime *is* the right data type to represent time
> stamps. If it means that it needs to be improved before it can be used
> in practice, then so be it - improve it.

Maybe I missed the answer, but how do you handle timestamp with an
unspecified starting point like os.times() or time.clock()? Should we
leave these function unchanged?

My motivation for the PEP 410 is to provide nanosecond resolution for
time.clock_gettime(time.CLOCK_MONOTONIC) and
time.clock_gettime(time.CLOCK_REALTIME).

Victor