>>>>> "GvR" == Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:
GvR> In this particular case, I think having a global flag should
GvR> be good enough. We can easily rig the standard library not
GvR> to depend on its value. It should be settable by calling a
GvR> function, e.g.
GvR> os.stat_times(int)
GvR> or
GvR> os.stat_times(float)
GvR> If you think passing the actual type objects is too cute, we
GvR> can call it stat_float_times() and pass a bool.
So then why not just make this an optional argument flag on the
os.stat() call itself? That way you could migrate some code at a
different rate than other code (a global flag might be fine for your
application, but break some 3rd party library you're using).
-Barry
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