Bugs item #1289118, was opened at 2005-09-12 17:41 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by mcherm You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1289118&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Python Library Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Daniel Stutzbach (agthorr) Assigned to: Tim Peters (tim_one) Summary: timedelta multiply and divide by floating point Initial Comment: In python 2.4.1, the datetime.timedelta type allows for the multiplication and division by integers. However, it raises a TypeError for multiplication or division by floating point numbers. This is a counterintutive restriction and I can't think of any good reason for it. For example: >>> import datetime >>> datetime.timedelta(minutes=5)/2 datetime.timedelta(0, 150) >>> datetime.timedelta(minutes=5)*0.5 Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for *: 'datetime.timedelta' and 'float' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Michael Chermside (mcherm) Date: 2005-09-15 12:03 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=99874 I, too, would like to know what Tim thinks, but for what it's worth (not much) I find Daniel's point fairly convincing... multiplication by floats is an operation that makes sense, has only one possible obvious meaning, and is not particularly likely to cause errors (the way multiplying Decimal's with floats does). So IF it's easy to implement, I say go for it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger) Date: 2005-09-13 00:11 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=80475 Tim, do you prefer the current behavior? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1289118&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
