[Question] Unclear about the two different versions

[bobf32]

Hi. Please excuse my ignorance. I read on the pypi page that:

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Whenever helps you write correct and type checked datetime code, using well-established concepts from modern libraries in other languages. It's also way faster than other third-party libraries, and usually the standard library as well. Don't buy the Rust hype?—don't worry: a pure Python version is available as well.
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but the only instruction I see to install is pip install whenever.

Would you mind explaining how to access the rust and python versions, as well as the relationship between the two?

[ariebovenberg]

Hi @bobf32 thanks for posting

Would you mind explaining how to access the rust and python versions

You'll find this in the FAQ. It's not that easy to find, so I'll add a link in the readme.

as well as the relationship between the two?

It's an either/or relationship. You either have the Rust extension installed, or not (i.e. pure Python). You can use the full API regardless of whether there is a Rust extension or not.

[bobf32]

Many thanks for the clarification.