[Python-Dev] is anyone using the ucnhash C API?

[Fredrik Lundh]

mal wrote:
> > (except for the unicode object module, that is).
>=20
> I don't think so... it's very new and the C API isn't
> documented.

great.  I'll just pretend it doesn't exist.
=20
> > so if nobody uses this, I'd rather change the unicodeobject.c
> > file to use the new API directly...
>=20
> Please don't drop the idea of an on-demand loadable module
> though. The current design used by Bill Tutt is to load the
> ucnhash module (which contains the mappings) only when it
> is needed -- most code won't need it.
>
> BTW, does you database use the on-demand loading feature ?
> I don't think that having the Unicode database linked statically
> in the Python interpreter is a good idea -- at least not until
> Unicode takes over ;-)

but of course...

everything except the "ctype" info is loaded from PYD/SO's, just as
before.  the only difference is that the files are slightly smaller :-)

-rw-r--r--   1 500      everyone   443392 Jul 15 18:55 ucnhash.pyd
-rw-r--r--   1 500      everyone   161280 Jul 15 18:53 uninames.pyd

-rw-r--r--   1 500      everyone   594944 Jul 11 23:03 unicodedata.pyd
-rw-r--r--   1 500      everyone    42496 Jul 15 15:25 unidata.pyd

-rw-r--r--   1 500      everyone   118329 Jul 13 21:01 unicodectype.obj
-rw-r--r--   1 500      everyone    10961 Jul 15 15:23 unictype.obj

(names and sizes may change slightly before the final patch, but you
get the idea).

cheers /F