The reason I was a big vague is that I'm not really bothered HOW its done, I'd just like there to be some way to use PySys_SetArgv with a (char **)
Definitely not suggesting that PySys_SetArgv be reverted to the way it worked in py2.x, if there was 2 versions of PySys_SetArgv that would be acceptable to me. PySys_SetArgvASCII() maybe? Alternately a function to convert the char **argv to wchar_t **argv could be ok too. PyOS_char2wchar would be useful though it still means you need to manually copy the argv, convert and free it. On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Lisandro Dalcin<dalc...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > -- - Campbell _______________________________________________ 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
