On Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:51:14 +0100 Victor Stinner <[email protected]> wrote: > On 09/12/2011 01:35, Antoine Pitrou wrote: > > On Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:16:02 +0100 > > victor.stinner<[email protected]> 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? > > PyUnicode_Copy() can be used to modify a string to create a new string > with the same length. It is used for example by str.upper(), > str.title(), ... (fixup()).
Then the doc should mention that the returned string can be modified. Otherwise it's a bit obscure why the function exists. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
