Sorry for the slow response. Timedelta division is quite a nice solution to the problem. However, since we're maintaining a python version agnostic library at least until 2020, we need a solution that works in python 2 as well.
For the moment, we've left the code as in the original snippet. Richard Belleville On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 2:56 PM Chris Barker <chris.bar...@noaa.gov> wrote: > Did we ever hear back from the OP as to whether they were using py2 or 3? > > If they were unable to find timedelta division in py3 -- that's a pretty > good case that we need something else. > > > The OP: > """ > On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 9:10 PM Richard Belleville via Python-Dev < > python-dev@python.org> wrote: > >> In a recent code review, the following snippet was called out as >> reinventing the >> wheel: >> >> _MICROSECONDS_PER_SECOND = 1000000 >> >> >> def _timedelta_to_microseconds(delta): >> return int(delta.total_seconds() * _MICROSECONDS_PER_SECOND) >> >> >> The reviewer thought that there must already exist a standard library >> function >> that fulfills this functionality. After we had both satisfied ourselves >> that we >> hadn't simply missed something in the documentation, we decided that we >> had >> better raise the issue with a wider audience. >> > """ > > -CHB > > -- > > Christopher Barker, Ph.D. > Oceanographer > > Emergency Response Division > NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice > 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax > Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception > > chris.bar...@noaa.gov >
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