Sorry... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lisandro Dalcin <dalc...@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 7:16 PM Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] Suggested PySys_SetArgv use with a (char **) argv ? To: "Martin v. Löwis" <mar...@v.loewis.de>
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 6:46 PM, "Martin v. Löwis"<mar...@v.loewis.de> wrote: >> Since many C applications take argv as a (char **) it seems reasonable >> for python to keep a function for the C api that accepts a (char **) >> argument for argv. > I've run in the same issue, and basically had to copy&paste from Python sources... > > I'm not quite sure what you are suggesting: either that there is a > function in the C API that accepts a (char**), or that PySys_SetArgv > be that function. > > The latter alternative is out of question, as it breaks the Windows > port of Python - there is simply no way of representing argv with > char** in a meaningful way. It also breaks backwards compatibility. > Indeed... > As for creating another function: please provide a patch to > bugs.python.org. I believe this patch is *very* difficult to > implement, unless the function can accept some severe limitations. > What about the Python lib exposing a public PyOS_char2wchar() ? No idea how to write a Windows implementation, though.. -- Lisandro Dalcín --------------- Centro Internacional de Métodos Computacionales en Ingeniería (CIMEC) Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química (INTEC) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) PTLC - Güemes 3450, (3000) Santa Fe, Argentina Tel/Fax: +54-(0)342-451.1594 -- Lisandro Dalcín --------------- Centro Internacional de Métodos Computacionales en Ingeniería (CIMEC) Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química (INTEC) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) PTLC - Güemes 3450, (3000) Santa Fe, Argentina Tel/Fax: +54-(0)342-451.1594 _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
