Re: RFC: Second attempt at POSIX::strptime() in core

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 04:01:37PM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote:
> I really don't want to have 2 contradictory implementations of strptime()
> in the core. My hunch is that there will be a way to achieve both desires,
> but I don't have any insight yet on *how*. I suspect it comes down to the
> right interface for adding the actually-useful semantics.

Well, such things as strftime already exist once in POSIX and once in
Time::Piece. I suspect there'll be a way to make the API for strptime as
similar looking as possible between the two, while still allowing the
plain list form in POSIX and the structural object in Time::Piece.

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• RFC: Second attempt at POSIX::strptime() in core by Paul LeoNerd Evans
• Re: RFC: Second attempt at POSIX::strptime() in core by Nicholas Clark
• Re: RFC: Second attempt at POSIX::strptime() in core by Aristotle Pagaltzis
• Re: RFC: Second attempt at POSIX::strptime() in core by Nicholas Clark
• Re: RFC: Second attempt at POSIX::strptime() in core by Paul LeoNerd Evans
• Re: RFC: Second attempt at POSIX::strptime() in core by Paul LeoNerd Evans
• Re: RFC: Second attempt at POSIX::strptime() in core by Paul LeoNerd Evans