Bugs item #1546052, was opened at 2006-08-24 15:38 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by gbrandl You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1546052&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Documentation Group: None >Status: Closed >Resolution: Fixed Priority: 5 Submitted By: Christian Walther (cwalther) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: PyString_FromString() clarification Initial Comment: The documentation for PyObject* PyString_FromString( const char *v) in the "Python/C API Reference Manual, 29 March 2006, Release 2.4.3", section 7.3.1 "String Objects" <http://docs.python.org/api/stringObjects.html>, does not mention whether this function makes a copy of the passed C string or just keeps the pointer. Google provides some posts on various mailing lists and forums that seem to indicate that it indeed does copy the string (which is the right thing to do, of course). Could something like to following be added to the documentation? "This function makes a copy of the string pointed to by v, so you may modify or deallocate it afterwards without affecting the Python object created by this function." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Georg Brandl (gbrandl) Date: 2006-09-30 12:04 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=849994 Thanks for the suggestion! Added clarification in rev. 52078, 52079 (2.5). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1546052&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
