On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 4:19 PM, Paul G <[email protected]> wrote: > I can write at least a pure Python implementation in the next few days, if > not a full C implementation. Shouldn't be too hard since I've got a few > different Cython implementations sitting around anyway. > > Thanks!
-CHB > On November 29, 2017 7:06:58 PM EST, Alexander Belopolsky < > [email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 6:42 PM, Chris Barker <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> indeed what is the holdup? I don't recall anyone saying it was a bad >>> idea in the last discussion. >>> >>> Do we just need an implementation? >>> >>> Is the one in the Bug Report not up to snuff? If not, then what's wrong >>> with it? This is just not that hard a problem to solve. >>> >> >> >> See my comment from over a year ago: <https://bugs.python.org/ >> issue15873#msg273609>. The proposed patch did not have a C >> implementation, but we can use the same approach as with strptime and call >> Python code from C. If users will start complaining about performance, we >> can speed it up in later releases. Also the new method needs to be >> documented. Overall, it does not seem to require more than an hour of work >> from a motivated developer, but the people who contributed to the issue in >> the past seem to have lost their interest. >> > -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception [email protected]
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