STINNER Victor <victor.stin...@gmail.com> added the comment: The Py_UNICODE* type is deprecated but since Python 3.3, Py_UNICODE=wchar_t and wchar_t* is a common type on Windows. PyUnicode_AsUnicodeAndSize() is used to encode Python strings to call Windows functions.
PyUnicode_AsUnicodeAndSize() is preferred over PyUnicode_AsWideCharString() because PyUnicode_AsWideCharString() stores the result in the Unicode string and the Unicode string releases the memory automatically later. Calling PyUnicode_AsWideCharString() twice on the same string avoids also the need of encoding the string twice because the result is cached. I proposed to add a new function using wchar_*t and storing the result in the Unicode string, but the idea was rejected. I don't remember why. ---------- nosy: +haypo _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue13608> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
