On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 6:44 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <mar...@v.loewis.de> wrote: > Am 09.12.2011 01:35, schrieb Antoine Pitrou: >> On Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:16:02 +0100 >> victor.stinner <python-check...@python.org> wrote: >>> >>> +.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_Copy(PyObject *unicode) >>> + >>> + Get a new copy of a Unicode object. >>> + >>> + .. versionadded:: 3.3 >> >> I'm not sure I understand. Why would you make a copy of an immutable >> object? > > It can convert a unicode subtype object into a an exact unicode > object. > > I'd rename it to _PyUnicode_AsExactUnicode, and undocument it.
Isn't it basically just exposing a C level version of the unicode() builtin's behaviour? While I agree the name could be better (and PyUnicode_AsExactUnicode would certainly work), why make it private? Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia _______________________________________________ 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
