mxTools (was Re: why no "do : until"?)

[Steve Williams]

Robin Becker wrote:

> In message <Pine.LNX.4.30.0101091923390.5204-100000 at fep132.fep.ru>, Oleg
> Broytmann <phd at phd.pp.ru> writes
> >On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Robin Becker wrote:
> >> >   Anyone here has any doubts that at least mxDateTime simply MUST be in
> >> >the Python core? :)
> >> >
> >>
> >> I'm a minimalist; let 100 flowers bloom, but the core should really only
> >> include the minimal required. Fancy dates are a bit too far for me. I
> >
> >   mxDateTime is not for fancy dates. Many SQL modules use it for returning
> >DATE/TIME fields from SQL. Think also about including it into Zope
> >(replacing current simple DateTime)...
> >
> >Oleg.
> ...
> SQL modules are even less essential in the core.
> --
> Robin Becker

Some of us think SQL modules are as important as file modules.  Maybe more
important.