Re: policy around 'wontfix' bug tag
On Mon, Feb 05, 2018 at 12:48:45AM +1300, Richard Hector wrote:
In which case, it should refuse to accept '4/2/2018' at all, right?
It can't, that would break working scripts. This is the heart of the
problem: we know the parser is horrible, confusing, and irregular, but
any attempt to change it will break lots of stuff that depends on the
current brokenness.
On Sun, Feb 04, 2018 at 01:32:18PM +0100, Nicolas George wrote:
The date parser is quite convenient, I use it frequently for small dates
calculations, and I am not alone in that at all. That disproves the fact
that it is a "complete misfeature".
But a better parser would allow the same functionality, without being
confusing, inconsistent, and hard to maintain. So yes, I'll stand by
"complete misfeature".
Mike Stone
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