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author | Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> | 2008-09-27 23:28:43 (GMT) |
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committer | Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> | 2008-09-27 23:28:43 (GMT) |
commit | 4008ef0fe3dd2c642f402c9addd513962e361c52 (patch) | |
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clarify a few things
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diff --git a/Doc/howto/cporting.rst b/Doc/howto/cporting.rst index 630c97a..3451f5c 100644 --- a/Doc/howto/cporting.rst +++ b/Doc/howto/cporting.rst @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Python 3.0's :func:`str` (``PyString_*`` functions in C) type is equivalent to 2.x's :func:`unicode` (``PyUnicode_*``). The old 8-bit string type has become :func:`bytes`. Python 2.6 and later provide a compatibility header, :file:`bytesobject.h`, mapping ``PyBytes`` names to ``PyString`` ones. For best -interpolation with 3.0, :ctype:`PyUnicode` should be used for textual data and +compatibility with 3.0, :ctype:`PyUnicode` should be used for textual data and :ctype:`PyBytes` for binary data. It's also important to remember that :ctype:`PyBytes` and :ctype:`PyUnicode` in 3.0 are not interchangeable like :ctype:`PyString` and :ctype:`PyString` are in 2.x. The following example shows @@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ best practices with regards to :ctype:`PyUnicode`, :ctype:`PyString`, and return result; } + /* just a forward */ static char * do_encode(PyObject *); /* bytes example */ @@ -94,14 +95,12 @@ long/int Unification In Python 3.0, there is only one integer type. It is called :func:`int` on the Python level, but actually corresponds to 2.x's :func:`long` type. In the C-API, ``PyInt_*`` functions are replaced by their ``PyLong_*`` neighbors. The -best course of action here is probably aliasing ``PyInt_*`` functions to -``PyLong_*`` variants or using the abstract ``PyNumber_*`` APIs. :: +best course of action here is using the ``PyInt_*`` functions aliased to +``PyLong_*`` found in :file:`intobject.h`. The the abstract ``PyNumber_*`` APIs +can also be used in some cases. :: #include "Python.h" - - #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3 - #define PyInt_FromLong PyLong_FromLong - #endif + #include "intobject.h" static PyObject * add_ints(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) { |