Serhiy Storchaka added the comment:
There is no longer PyString in Python, only PyUnicode.
There are plans to get rid of PyUnicode_READY(). After removing support of
"legacy" Unicode objects (which will happen in few years), PyUnicode_READY()
will be no longer needed, so all calls of it
New submission from Karl Nelson :
When developing with JPype, the largest hole currently is that Java returns a
string type which cannot be represented as a str. Java strings are string like
and immutable and can be pulled to Python when needed, but it is best if they
remain in Java until
