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[Python-Dev] Improvements for Porting C Extension from 2 to 3

Benjamin Peterson benjamin at python.org
Thu Mar 3 14:45:31 CET 2011 
2011/3/3 Sümer Cip <sumerc at gmail.com>:
>
>> >
>> > 1) define PyModuleDef
>> > 2) change PyString_AS_STRING calls  to _PyUnicode_AsString
>>
>> Aside: Please don't use private APIs in Python extensions. Esp.
>> the above Unicode API is likely going to be phased out.
>>
>> You're better off, using PyUnicode_AsUTF8String() instead and
>> then leaving the PyString_AS_STRING() macro in place.
>
> In the standart Python 3.2 source tree, Modules/_lsprof.c uses that internal
> function _PyUnicode_AsString. Internal means internal to the whole
> distribution here I think?. But IMHO, this should not be the case, C API
> modules in the standart dist. should not use internal functions of other
> areas. Like in the example: cProfile code has nothing to do with the Unicode
> internals. New developers like me, are in need a consistent examples of
> usage of Python C API, especially on Python 3.2.

I'm not sure why what C-API is used in Python's extension modules
needs to be anyway to you.



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Regards,
Benjamin
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