On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 11:04 PM, Charles R Harris <[email protected] > wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Ralf Gommers > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:05 PM, Mark Wiebe <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> So I'm doing a summer internship at Enthought, and the first thing they >>> asked me to look into is finishing the datetime type in numpy. It turns out >>> that the estimates of how complete the type was weren't accurate, and to >>> support what the NEP describes required generalizing the ufunc type >>> resolution system. I also found that the date/time parsing code (based on >>> mxDateTime) was not robust, producing something for almost any arbitrary >>> garbage input. I've replaced much of the broken code and implemented a lot >>> of the functionality, and thought this might be a good point to do a pull >>> request on what I've got and get feedback on the issues I've run into. >>> >>> * The existing datetime-related API is probably not useful, and in fact >>> those functions aren't used internally anymore. Is it reasonable to remove >>> the functions, or do we just deprecate them? >>> >> >> If the existing API is really not useful (which requires some >> discussion/review I guess) then I think it would be good to announce that on >> the mailing list and throw it out ASAP. The API can't have many users yet, >> since it has only just been released (again), so the sooner it's gone the >> better. I know normal policy would be to deprecate first, but I don't really >> see the point. >> >> > +1 > > >> And after the removal of datetime from 1.4.1 and now this, I'd be in favor >> of putting a large "experimental" sticker over the whole thing until further >> notice. >> >> > Do we have a good way to do that? > > Not a perfect one, but if there would be a prominent note in all related docs that would help a lot already. A more intrusive way would be to raise warnings. Ralf
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