Re: Anachronistic Acronyms in Parrot?

[Guido van Rossum]

> It'll probably be more like:
> 
>     void *name = Get_String_Data(p1, PARROT_UNICODE, encoding);
> 
> And yes, the void * is deliberate (though subject to change) since I'm 
> being generic--how do you know that you're getting back a series of bytes? 
> encoding might have the UTF_32 constant in it.

Isn't *everything* a series of bytes? :-)

> For just fetching the abstract string structure it'd be more like:
> 
>    Parrot_string *name = Get_String(p1);
> 
> FWIW, anyone using char * in the Parrot source in areas that do not 
> directly involve interface with the external world (system calls, other 
> people's libraries) will find themselves on the other end of the Big Mallet 
> of Programmer Chastisement. :-)

Sure, but please explain.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)