Re: [gobo-eiffel-develop] Date/time formatting

[Colin P. A. <co...@co...>]

>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Bezault <er...@go...> writes:

    Eric> I don't know what I prefer yet. I've been put in front of a
    Eric> fact with not prior notice (the date/time library now
    Eric> depends on regexp and math) and I'm still trying to
    Eric> understand why this was done and whether this was really
    Eric> needed.

I thought it was the natural place for date and time formatting.
But now you've pointed out some disadvantages, I think a separate
formatting library might be better.

    Eric> One thing that bothers me is that it adds so many auxiliary
    Eric> classes just for this formatting. And is the use of regexp
    Eric> and math really necessary?

I can eliminate the regular expression without too much trouble. It's
only used in one place. Eliminating the use of MA_DECIMAL will be much
harder - it can be done, but not without duplicating a lot of code.

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Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire