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Re: PyWarts: time, datetime, and calendar modules

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On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Rick Johnson
<rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> wrote:
> The interface for these modules is not intuitive. Instead of creating
> true OOP objects we have lists and strings. Any calendar object should
> expose string names of both: days of the week and months of the year.
> It seems one (or possibly more) of the three expose this important
> info however i cannot find it *easily* enough.
>
> It seems we need to combine the three in some shape or form. time and
> datetime would no doubt be great bedfellows. Or maybe datetime should
> be attached to time, like os.path. In any event the interfaces are
> horrendous.


What's "horrendous" about the datetime module interface? Your listed
complaints (OOP etc.) don't seem to have anything to do with it.

-- Devin

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PyWarts: time, datetime, and calendar modules Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-01-14 10:54 -0800
  Re: PyWarts: time, datetime, and calendar modules Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-01-14 14:01 -0500
    Re: PyWarts: time, datetime, and calendar modules Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-01-14 11:23 -0800
      Re: PyWarts: time, datetime, and calendar modules Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-01-14 15:11 -0500
      Re: PyWarts: time, datetime, and calendar modules Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-01-14 13:31 -0800
      Re: PyWarts: time, datetime, and calendar modules Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-01-15 08:56 +1100
      Re: PyWarts: time, datetime, and calendar modules Evan Driscoll <edriscoll@wisc.edu> - 2012-01-14 14:58 -0600
        Re: PyWarts: time, datetime, and calendar modules Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-01-14 15:19 -0800
          Re: PyWarts: time, datetime, and calendar modules Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-01-15 11:42 +1100
        Re: PyWarts: time, datetime, and calendar modules Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-01-15 04:26 +0000
      Re: PyWarts: time, datetime, and calendar modules Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-01-15 04:23 +0000
        Re: PyWarts: time, datetime, and calendar modules Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-01-14 21:27 -0800
          Re: PyWarts: time, datetime, and calendar modules Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-01-15 07:00 +0000
          Re: PyWarts: time, datetime, and calendar modules Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2012-01-15 19:50 -0700
      Re: PyWarts: time, datetime, and calendar modules Lie Ryan <lie.1296@gmail.com> - 2012-01-16 02:13 +1100
  Re: PyWarts: time, datetime, and calendar modules Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-01-15 03:53 +0000

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