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

[Georg Brandl]

Am 16.02.2012 11:14, schrieb "Martin v. Löwis":
> Am 16.02.2012 10:51, schrieb Victor Stinner:
>> 2012/2/16 "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de>:
>>>> Maybe an alternative PEP could be written that supports the filesystem
>>>> copying use case only, using some specialized ns APIs? I really think
>>>> that all you need is st_{a,c,m}time_ns fields and os.utime_ns().
>>>
>>> I'm -1 on that, because it will make people write complicated code.
>> 
>> Python 3.3 *has already* APIs for nanosecond timestamps:
>> os.utimensat(), os.futimens(), signal.sigtimedwait(), etc. These
>> functions expect a (seconds: int, nanoseconds: int) tuple.
> 
> I'm -1 on adding these APIs, also. Since Python 3.3 is not released
> yet, it's not too late to revert them.

+1.

Georg