Re: Issue with DateTime::Span->from_datetime_and_duration()

On 27/08/13 19:54, Flavio S. Glock wrote:
> I've uploaded DateTime-Set-0.32 to cpan.
>
> The idea was that you would specify 'end' and a negative duration, like:
>
>   DateTime::Span->from_datetime_and_duration(
>     end      => DateTime->now(),
>     hours   => -24
>   )

I saw that, but I could not make it work, and in any case I am not sure 
that it makes sense for time durations to have a sign, though I dare say 
someone will show me a counter example.

> but that would not work because of a bug in 0.31 or before.
>
> The new version ignores the signal of the duration, and it does the 
> right thing depending on which other endpoint is specified.
>
> diff: 
> https://github.com/fglock/DateTime-Set/commit/83350c3e99455b5cbd0d2c158b0b7168b5c9908e

Thanks, that is impressively speedy service, especially after the last 
time I attempted to report a bug in the DateTime distro, and was told 
(paraphrased), "We have documented our illogical behavior so it is not a 
bug."

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David Pottage
CV Library Ltd.