On 3/21/06 Garrett, Philip (MAN-Corporate) wrote: >> > So is cloning really the only way to do this? >>Dave Rolsky answered: >> I'm afraid so. But that's what the clone api is for. I'm not sure >> why you're averse to it, it's actually implemented in a way that >> should be quite fast. > >My aversion is more philosophical than practical. I'm working on >internationalizing some software right now, and (of course) one of the >main goals is to decouple presentation from data. I chose DateTime for >my date needs only to later find that the presentation (locale/output >time zone) for this core support module is embedded in its data. It's >the very thing I've been struggling against for months. > >I'm actually quite surprised that *you* don't see this as a problem.
I'd suggest that with dates and times location is part of the data. - Bruce __bruce__van_allen__santa_cruz__ca__
