On 12/30/2017 01:45 PM, Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 7:19 PM, Zac Medico <zmed...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> +def _set_timestamps(source_stat, dest): >> + """Apply timestamps from source_stat to dest. >> + >> + Args: >> + source_stat: stat result for the source file. >> + dest: path to the dest file. >> + """ >> + os.utime(dest, (source_stat.st_atime, source_stat.st_mtime)) >> + >> + >> +if sys.version_info >= (3, 3): >> + def _set_timestamps_ns(source_stat, dest): >> + os.utime(dest, ns=(source_stat.st_atime_ns, >> source_stat.st_mtime_ns)) >> + >> + _set_timestamps_ns.__doc__ = _set_timestamps.__doc__ >> + _set_timestamps = _set_timestamps_ns >> + >> + > > This seems weirdly complex. I guess the goal was to reduce the > sys.version_info check to once per import?
Yeah, and generally it's cleanest to create compatibility shims in cases like this. > The __doc__ trick is nifty, but I'm not sure I would ever want to use it > myself. Yeah, the alternative of writing the docstring twice wasn't very appealing. > Anyway, just my thoughts as an unpracticed python programmer. It looks > like this code will get the job done. -- Thanks, Zac
