Am 27.01.2011 20:06, schrieb Stefan Behnel: > "Martin v. Löwis", 24.01.2011 21:17: >> The Py_UNICODE type is still supported but deprecated. It is always >> defined as a typedef for wchar_t, so the wstr representation can double >> as Py_UNICODE representation. > > It's too bad this isn't initialised by default, though. Py_UNICODE is > the only representation that can be used efficiently from C code and > Cython relies on it for fast text processing.
That's not true. The str representation can also be used efficiently from C. > This proposal will > therefore likely have a pretty negative performance impact on extensions > written in Cython as the compiler could no longer expect this > representation to be available instantaneously. In any case, I've added this concern. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ 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
