On Dec 17, 2009, at 12:20 AM, Stefan Behnel wrote: > Greg Ewing, 17.12.2009 00:14: >>>> Will there be a different >>>> handling for function signatures, or will it work the same >>>> everywhere? I.e. >>>> will a "def func(bytes b)" function always accept unicode, >> >> Not under my version of the proposal -- there is only >> automatic conversion between unicode and a bytes type >> with a declared encoding. Unicode and plain bytes are >> still incompatible. > > That's my preference, too. And I think having a special unicode type > that > coerces to and from a specifically encoded Python byte string makes > sense.
I actually think unicode -> bytes is weirder than unicode -> char* (because the latter is the best C has to offer for strings), though it's messier from a null-bytes and memory-management perspective. - Robert _______________________________________________ Cython-dev mailing list Cython-dev@codespeak.net http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/cython-dev
