Jon Ribbens added the comment: Almost everything you just said about time_t is wrong. time_t is signed, and always has been (otherwise the 'end of time' for 32-bit time_t would be 2106, not 2038). Also, time_t does not end at 2038 because nothing says it must be 32 bits. Also, Python has 'long integers' which do not overflow.
Also, I don't understand what you mean about use cases. The "use case" is "dealing with anything which expects standard Unix time_t, for example the Python standard library". The use case I have personally is the program I was working on when I encountered the problem described in this bug report. Also I think symmetry is a darn good argument. Why does fromtimestamp exist if, as you claim, nobody uses time_t? _____________________________________ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue1673409> _____________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
