"Joe Salmeri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] |I have tried (unsuccessfully) to get you to view things from the end user | perspective.
But that perspective is not directly relevant to *your* topic line. When you make a claim that os.stat is 'broken' and bugged, you are making a claim about the *programmer* experience -- in particular, experiencing a discrepancy between performance and reasonable expectation based on the manuals. Martin and I are both concerned about that particular claim (which now appears to be resolved in the negative). >From the developer point of view, you, the programmer, are the user. What you present to your users (who may or may not be the 'end' users) is your responsibility. | However, there is a problem. Windows does *not* display the date like that. Python developers cannot fix that. Besides which, Python is a cross-platform language, originally developed on *nix. | The user is left scratching their head. | | I prefer not to leave my end users in that situation. Then do not. I am sure Martin also agrees. But if you want to discuss writing applications for end users, perhaps you should start a new thread with a different subject line. It would attract different respondents. Terry Jan Reedy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
