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-rw-r--r--Doc/c-api/unicode.rst28
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/ACKS.txt b/Doc/ACKS.txt
index 81f7c46..70063c0 100644
--- a/Doc/ACKS.txt
+++ b/Doc/ACKS.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ docs@python.org), and we'll be glad to correct the problem.
* Keith Briggs
* Ian Bruntlett
* Lee Busby
+ * Arnaud Calmettes
* Lorenzo M. Catucci
* Carl Cerecke
* Mauro Cicognini
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst b/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst
index f48eb73..3500654 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst
@@ -338,16 +338,21 @@ APIs:
.. c:function:: Py_UNICODE* PyUnicode_AsUnicode(PyObject *unicode)
- Return a read-only pointer to the Unicode object's internal :c:type:`Py_UNICODE`
- buffer, *NULL* if *unicode* is not a Unicode object.
+ Return a read-only pointer to the Unicode object's internal
+ :c:type:`Py_UNICODE` buffer, *NULL* if *unicode* is not a Unicode object.
+ Note that the resulting :c:type:`Py_UNICODE*` string may contain embedded
+ null characters, which would cause the string to be truncated when used in
+ most C functions.
.. c:function:: Py_UNICODE* PyUnicode_AsUnicodeCopy(PyObject *unicode)
Create a copy of a Unicode string ending with a nul character. Return *NULL*
and raise a :exc:`MemoryError` exception on memory allocation failure,
- otherwise return a new allocated buffer (use :c:func:`PyMem_Free` to free the
- buffer).
+ otherwise return a new allocated buffer (use :c:func:`PyMem_Free` to free
+ the buffer). Note that the resulting :c:type:`Py_UNICODE*` string may contain
+ embedded null characters, which would cause the string to be truncated when
+ used in most C functions.
.. versionadded:: 3.2
@@ -447,7 +452,8 @@ used, passing :c:func:`PyUnicode_FSDecoder` as the conversion function:
Encode a Unicode object to :c:data:`Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding` with the
``'surrogateescape'`` error handler, or ``'strict'`` on Windows, and return
- :class:`bytes`.
+ :class:`bytes`. Note that the resulting :class:`bytes` object may contain
+ null bytes.
If :c:data:`Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding` is not set, fall back to the
locale encoding.
@@ -476,7 +482,9 @@ wchar_t Support
copied or -1 in case of an error. Note that the resulting :c:type:`wchar_t`
string may or may not be 0-terminated. It is the responsibility of the caller
to make sure that the :c:type:`wchar_t` string is 0-terminated in case this is
- required by the application.
+ required by the application. Also, note that the :c:type:`wchar_t*` string
+ might contain null characters, which would cause the string to be truncated
+ when used with most C functions.
.. c:function:: wchar_t* PyUnicode_AsWideCharString(PyObject *unicode, Py_ssize_t *size)
@@ -486,9 +494,11 @@ wchar_t Support
of wide characters (excluding the trailing 0-termination character) into
*\*size*.
- Returns a buffer allocated by :c:func:`PyMem_Alloc` (use :c:func:`PyMem_Free`
- to free it) on success. On error, returns *NULL*, *\*size* is undefined and
- raises a :exc:`MemoryError`.
+ Returns a buffer allocated by :c:func:`PyMem_Alloc` (use
+ :c:func:`PyMem_Free` to free it) on success. On error, returns *NULL*,
+ *\*size* is undefined and raises a :exc:`MemoryError`. Note that the
+ resulting :c:type:`wchar_t*` string might contain null characters, which
+ would cause the string to be truncated when used with most C functions.
.. versionadded:: 3.2