[issue8670] c_types.c_wchar should not assume that sizeof(wchar_t) == sizeof(Py_UNICODE)

[Daniel Stutzbach]

Daniel Stutzbach <daniel at stutzbachenterprises.com> added the comment:

> You can tweak the Windows pyconfig.h to use UCS4, AFAIK, if you want to
> test drive this case.

I seem to recall seeing some other code that assumed Windows implied UCS2.  Proceed with caution. ;-)

> But it's probably easier to configure with "gcc -fshort-wchar" on
> Linux :-)

libc will still be using sizeof(wchar_t) == 4, though.  Won't that cause Bad Things to happen when calling libc wide-character functions?

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