Antoine Pitrou added the comment: > When the char* type is used, the function has usually the suffix > String. I prefer the PyIdentifier API because it avoids to create a > temporary Python Unicode object.
This is a convenience API, not a performance "optimization". > It's the first type that I see a function getting an attribute which > also checks for its type. I don't know if the check should be done > in PyState_GetModuleAttr() or in the _csv module. The aim is to help writing extension modules, which is why the type check is done inside the helper function. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue18710> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
