[Python-Dev] PEP 495 Was: PEP 498: Literal String Interpolation is ready for pronouncement

Glenn Linderman v+python at g.nevcal.com
Sat Sep 12 03:51:47 CEST 2015


On 9/11/2015 6:39 PM, Alexander Belopolsky wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 9:12 PM, Glenn Linderman 
> <v+python at g.nevcal.com <mailto:v+python at g.nevcal.com>> wrote:
>
>     That's what the politicians gave us. These are datetime objects,
>     not mathematical numbers.
>
>
> That's an argument for not defining mathematical operations like <, > 
> or - on them, but you cannot deny the convenience of having those. 

It wasn't intended to argue for not defining the operations, just 
intended to justify that it is partial ordering... if the associated 
timezone implements daylight saving.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/attachments/20150911/9e72a566/attachment-0001.html>


More information about the Python-Dev mailing list