Issue #8966: ctypes: Remove implicit bytes-unicode conversion

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 32 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py b/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py
index ce1d779..71686e7 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py
@@ -259,41 +259,31 @@ class c_bool(_SimpleCData):
 
 from _ctypes import POINTER, pointer, _pointer_type_cache
 
-try:
-    from _ctypes import set_conversion_mode
-except ImportError:
-    pass
-else:
-    if _os.name in ("nt", "ce"):
-        set_conversion_mode("mbcs", "strict")
-    else:
-        set_conversion_mode("ascii", "strict")
+class c_wchar_p(_SimpleCData):
+    _type_ = "Z"
 
-    class c_wchar_p(_SimpleCData):
-        _type_ = "Z"
+class c_wchar(_SimpleCData):
+    _type_ = "u"
 
-    class c_wchar(_SimpleCData):
-        _type_ = "u"
+POINTER(c_wchar).from_param = c_wchar_p.from_param #_SimpleCData.c_wchar_p_from_param
 
-    POINTER(c_wchar).from_param = c_wchar_p.from_param #_SimpleCData.c_wchar_p_from_param
-
-    def create_unicode_buffer(init, size=None):
-        """create_unicode_buffer(aString) -> character array
-        create_unicode_buffer(anInteger) -> character array
-        create_unicode_buffer(aString, anInteger) -> character array
-        """
-        if isinstance(init, (str, bytes)):
-            if size is None:
-                size = len(init)+1
-            buftype = c_wchar * size
-            buf = buftype()
-            buf.value = init
-            return buf
-        elif isinstance(init, int):
-            buftype = c_wchar * init
-            buf = buftype()
-            return buf
-        raise TypeError(init)
+def create_unicode_buffer(init, size=None):
+    """create_unicode_buffer(aString) -> character array
+    create_unicode_buffer(anInteger) -> character array
+    create_unicode_buffer(aString, anInteger) -> character array
+    """
+    if isinstance(init, (str, bytes)):
+        if size is None:
+            size = len(init)+1
+        buftype = c_wchar * size
+        buf = buftype()
+        buf.value = init
+        return buf
+    elif isinstance(init, int):
+        buftype = c_wchar * init
+        buf = buftype()
+        return buf
+    raise TypeError(init)
 
 POINTER(c_char).from_param = c_char_p.from_param #_SimpleCData.c_char_p_from_param