Jean-Paul Calderone wrote: > On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:58:25 -0700, Larry Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> [snip] >> If external Python extension modules are as well-behaved as the shipping >> Python source tree, there simply wouldn't be a problem. Python source is >> delightfully consistent about using the macro PyString_AS_STRING() to get at >> the creamy char *center of a PyStringObject *. When code religiously uses >> that macro (or calls PyString_AsString() directly), all it needs is a >> recompile with the current stringobject.h and it will Just Work. >> >> I genuinely don't know how many external Python extension modules are well- >> behaved in this regard. But in case it helps: I just checked PIL, NumPy, >> PyWin32, and SWIG, and all of them were well-behaved. > > FWIW, http://www.google.com/codesearch?q=+ob_sval
Possible more enlightening (we *know* string objects play with this field!): http://www.google.com/codesearch?hl=en&lr=&q=ob_sval+-stringobject.%5Bhc%5D&btnG=Search Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Brisbane, Australia --------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.boredomandlaziness.org _______________________________________________ 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
