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Subject:    Re: [Python-ideas] Top 10 Python modules that need a redesign Was: Geo coordinates conversion in std
From:       Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy () yahoo ! co ! uk>
Date:       2015-04-06 22:16:33
Message-ID: mfv0k5$fen$1 () ger ! gmane ! org
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On 06/04/2015 21:58, random832@fastmail.us 
wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 5, 2015, at 00:00, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> As I understand it, the list of codes accepted is platform-dependent.
>> While many codes are standard from machine to machine, some are not
>> available on some systems.
>
> In my opinion all codes accepted by C11 *should* be supported by python;
> its present failure to do so is a wart. Any new work to address this
> issue should be in the form of a pure python strftime function rather
> than an effort to document every platform's idiosyncracies.
>
> In particular, none of the specifiers in the standard _except_ %z or %Z
> require any platform-specific logic. And these could be addressed by
> likewise supporting tm_zone and tm_gmtoff on platforms that do not
> provide them.

Patches are always welcome.  Will *YOU* be providing more patches than 
the originator of this thread?

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence

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