Message 367065 - Python tracker

Message367065

Author	methane
Recipients	methane, ncoghlan, serhiy.storchaka, skrah, terry.reedy
Date	2020-04-23.00:47:43
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While array('u') doesn't use deprecated API with GH-19653, I still don't like 'u' because: * I don't have any reason to use platform dependant wchar_t. [1] * It is not consistent with PEP-3118. [1]: https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2019-March/156807.html How about this plan? * Add 'w' for Py_UCS4. * Deprecate 'u', and remove it in the future.

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While array('u') doesn't use deprecated API with GH-19653, I still don't like 'u' because:

* I don't have any reason to use platform dependant wchar_t. [1]
* It is not consistent with PEP-3118.

[1]: https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2019-March/156807.html

How about this plan?

* Add 'w' for Py_UCS4.
* Deprecate 'u', and remove it in the future.

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