>> Sorry to be late to the party--I applaud that you have already >> crafted something to attack your problem. When you first posted, >> there was a library that was tickling my memory, but I could not >> remember its (simple) name. It occurred to me this morning, after >> you posted your new library: >> >> https://pypi.python.org/pypi/intervaltree >> >> This handles overlapping ranges nicely and provides some tools for >> managing them. Before posting this, I checked that it works with >> datetime types, and, unsurprisingly, it does. > >Thank you! It is so much better than the one I have created. >Possibly I'll delete my own module from pypi. :-)
I'm glad to have been able to help, László. And, even if you don't delete your new module, you have certainly stimulated quite a discussion on the mailing list. Best regards and have a good day! -Martin -- Martin A. Brown http://linux-ip.net/ -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list