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

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> 
> mal wrote:
> > > so if nobody uses this, I'd rather change the unicodeobject.c
> > > file to use the new API directly...
> >
> > 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).

Cool :-)

(I'd suggest keeping the original names, BTW)

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