[Python-ideas] strptime without second argument as an inverse to __str__

[Alexander Belopolsky]

On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:

> For my own classes I accept both year, month, day, ..., or a single string
> in __new__.
>
> But for the stdlib I agree that .fromstr() is the better approach.
>

Can you explain why what is good for your own classes is not good for
stdlib?
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