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

[Ethan Furman]

On 08/06/2014 09:53 AM, Alexander Belopolsky wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Ethan Furman wrote:
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>> For my own classes I accept both year, month, day, ..., or a single string in __new__.
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>> 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?

I tolerate a higher level of risk in my own work, but the stdlib should be more stable.

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~Ethan~