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-rw-r--r--Doc/extending/embedding.rst20
-rw-r--r--Doc/extending/extending.rst12
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/extending/embedding.rst b/Doc/extending/embedding.rst
index 6cb686a..acd60ae 100644
--- a/Doc/extending/embedding.rst
+++ b/Doc/extending/embedding.rst
@@ -58,12 +58,18 @@ perform some operation on a file. ::
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
- Py_SetProgramName(argv[0]); /* optional but recommended */
- Py_Initialize();
- PyRun_SimpleString("from time import time,ctime\n"
- "print('Today is', ctime(time()))\n");
- Py_Finalize();
- return 0;
+ wchar_t *program = Py_DecodeLocale(argv[0], NULL);
+ if (program == NULL) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Fatal error: cannot decode argv[0]\n");
+ exit(1);
+ }
+ Py_SetProgramName(program); /* optional but recommended */
+ Py_Initialize();
+ PyRun_SimpleString("from time import time,ctime\n"
+ "print('Today is', ctime(time()))\n");
+ Py_Finalize();
+ PyMem_RawFree(program);
+ return 0;
}
The :c:func:`Py_SetProgramName` function should be called before
@@ -160,7 +166,7 @@ for data conversion between Python and C, and for error reporting. The
interesting part with respect to embedding Python starts with ::
Py_Initialize();
- pName = PyUnicode_FromString(argv[1]);
+ pName = PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(argv[1]);
/* Error checking of pName left out */
pModule = PyImport_Import(pName);
diff --git a/Doc/extending/extending.rst b/Doc/extending/extending.rst
index a3bf265..ecce38b 100644
--- a/Doc/extending/extending.rst
+++ b/Doc/extending/extending.rst
@@ -370,11 +370,17 @@ optionally followed by an import of the module::
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
+ wchar_t *program = Py_DecodeLocale(argv[0], NULL);
+ if (program == NULL) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Fatal error: cannot decode argv[0]\n");
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
/* Add a built-in module, before Py_Initialize */
PyImport_AppendInittab("spam", PyInit_spam);
/* Pass argv[0] to the Python interpreter */
- Py_SetProgramName(argv[0]);
+ Py_SetProgramName(program);
/* Initialize the Python interpreter. Required. */
Py_Initialize();
@@ -386,6 +392,10 @@ optionally followed by an import of the module::
...
+ PyMem_RawFree(program);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
.. note::
Removing entries from ``sys.modules`` or importing compiled modules into