Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> writes: > On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Greg Ewing <greg.ew...@canterbury.ac.nz> > wrote: > > It probably isn't worth the bother for things like file timestamps, > > where the time taken to execute the system call that modifies the > > file is likely to be several orders of magnitude larger. > > Ironically, file timestamps are likely the only place where it > matters. Read the rest of the thread.
And log message timestamps. The *two* only places where it matters, file timestamps and log messages. And communication protocols. The *three* only places – I'll come in again. -- \ “Why should I care about posterity? What's posterity ever done | `\ for me?” —Groucho Marx | _o__) | Ben Finney _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
