Brian Hooper <brian_takashi@hotmail.com>:

Added 'u' and 'u#' tags for PyArg_ParseTuple - these turn a
PyUnicodeObject argument into a Py_UNICODE * buffer, or a Py_UNICODE *
buffer plus a length with the '#'.  Also added an analog to 'U'
for Py_BuildValue.

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/ext/ext.tex b/Doc/ext/ext.tex
index cf5b1ef..e4a42a8 100644
--- a/Doc/ext/ext.tex
+++ b/Doc/ext/ext.tex
@@ -691,6 +691,17 @@ case the C pointer is set to \NULL{}.
 \item[\samp{z\#} (string or \code{None}) {[char *, int]}]
 This is to \samp{s\#} as \samp{z} is to \samp{s}.
 
+\item[\samp{u} (Unicode string) {[Py_UNICODE *]}]
+Convert a Python Unicode object to a C pointer to a null-terminated
+buffer of Unicode (UCS-2) data.  As with \samp{s}, there is no need
+to provide storage for the Unicode data buffer; a pointer to the
+existing Unicode data is stored into the Py_UNICODE pointer variable whose
+address you pass.  
+
+\item[\samp{u\#} (Unicode string) {[Py_UNICODE *, int]}]
+This variant on \samp{u} stores into two C variables, the first one
+a pointer to a Unicode data buffer, the second one its length.
+
 \item[\samp{b} (integer) {[char]}]
 Convert a Python integer to a tiny int, stored in a C \ctype{char}.
 
@@ -751,6 +762,11 @@ Like \samp{O} but requires that the Python object is a string object.
 Raises \exception{TypeError} if the object is not a string object.
 The C variable may also be declared as \ctype{PyObject *}.
 
+\item[\samp{U} (Unicode string) {[PyUnicodeObject *]}]
+Like \samp{O} but requires that the Python object is a Unicode object.
+Raises \exception{TypeError} if the object is not a Unicode object.
+The C variable may also be declared as \ctype{PyObject *}.
+
 \item[\samp{t\#} (read-only character buffer) {[char *, int]}]
 Like \samp{s\#}, but accepts any object which implements the read-only 
 buffer interface.  The \ctype{char *} variable is set to point to the
@@ -1016,6 +1032,15 @@ Convert a Unicode (UCS-2) data buffer and its length to a Python
 Unicode object.   If the Unicode buffer pointer is \NULL, the length
 is ignored and \code{None} is returned.
 
+\item[\samp{u} (Unicode string) {[Py_UNICODE *]}]
+Convert a null-terminated buffer of Unicode (UCS-2) data to a Python Unicode 
+object. If the Unicode buffer pointer is \NULL{}, \code{None} is returned.
+
+\item[\samp{u\#} (Unicode string) {[Py_UNICODE *, int]}]
+Convert a Unicode (UCS-2) data buffer and its length to a Python Unicode 
+object. If the Unicode buffer pointer is \NULL{}, the length is ignored and 
+\code{None} is returned.
+
 \item[\samp{i} (integer) {[int]}]
 Convert a plain C \ctype{int} to a Python integer object.
 
@@ -1050,6 +1075,9 @@ exception.  If no exception has been raised yet,
 \item[\samp{S} (object) {[PyObject *]}]
 Same as \samp{O}.
 
+\item[\samp{U} (object) {[PyObject *]}]
+Same as \samp{O}.
+
 \item[\samp{N} (object) {[PyObject *]}]
 Same as \samp{O}, except it doesn't increment the reference count on
 the object.  Useful when the object is created by a call to an object