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On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 8:54 AM Steve Dower <steve.do...@python.org> wrote: > On 12/29/2020 5:23 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: > > The third option is to add a distinct "string view" protocol. There > > are peculiarities (such as the fact that different objects may have > > different internal representations - some utf8, some utf16...) that > > make the buffer protocol suboptimal for this. > > > > Also, we probably don't want unicode-like objects to start being usable > > in contexts where a buffer-like object is required (such as writing to > > a binary file, or zlib-compressing a bunch of bytes). > > I've had to deal with this problem in the past as well (WinRT HSTRINGs), > and this is the approach that would seem to make the most sense to me. > > Basically, reintroduce PyString_* APIs as an _abstract_ interface to > str-like objects. > > So the first line of every single one can be PyUnicode_Check() followed > by calling the _concrete_ PyUnicode_* implementation. And then we > develop additional type slots or whatever is necessary for someone to > build an equivalent native object. > > Most "is this a str" checks can become PyString_Check, provided all the > APIs used against the object are abstract (PyObject_* or PyString_*). > Those that are going to mess with internals will have to get special > treatment. > > I don't want to make it all sound too easy, because it probably won't > be. But it should be possible to add a viable proxy layer as a set of > abstract C APIs to use instead of the concrete ones. > > Cheers, > Steve > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/TC3BZJX4DGC2WV32AHIX7A57HQNJ2EMO/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) *Pronouns: he/him **(why is my pronoun here?)* <http://feministing.com/2015/02/03/how-using-they-as-a-singular-pronoun-can-change-the-world/>
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