Max Yaffe wrote: > 1) H&R import a module "dates' which has been dropped. They use > sec2asc which is also m.i.a. I assume that the code should be adapted > to use module datetime. Is that correct?
the dates.py module is part of the financial modeling toolkit that is described in chapter 6 of that book. it's not a standard component. > 2) Is there any list of dead modules & names from previous revs? Is > there any list of currently recommended modules? the library reference should tell you if a module is no longer in use. the various "what's new in python X.Y" documents tell you what's been added and removed. > 3) I was able to import datetime & get a dir(datetime) to work. > Great. But where is the actual code to datetime? I can't find a > module named datetime.py in the library. I grepped for datetime in > the library & found plenty of references to it but no module > definition. Where is it defined? it's a C library. in recent versions of Python, it's linked to the core interpreter. in earlier versions, you'll find it in the "datetime" extension module (datetime.pyd on windows, datetimemodule.so or somesuch on windows) >>> import sys >>> sys.builtin_module_names > 4) How does the python interpreter resolve the statement "import > datatime"? http://effbot.org/zone/import-confusion.htm describes the general approach for modules written in Python; built-in modules are handled before Python scans for external modules. </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
