[Python-Dev] New Unicode warnings

[Fredrik Lundh]

tim peters wrote:


> There are 3 functions now where the prototypes in unicodeobject.h don't
> match the definitions in unicodeobject.c.  Like, in .h,
> 
> extern DL_IMPORT(Py_UNICODE) _PyUnicode_ToTitlecase(
>     register const Py_UNICODE ch /* Unicode character */
>     );
>
> but in .c:
> 
> Py_UNICODE _PyUnicode_ToTitlecase(register Py_UNICODE ch)

what's that "register" doing in a prototype?

any reason we cannot just change the signature(s) to

    Py_UNICODE _PyUnicode_ToTitlecase(Py_UNICODE ch)

to make it look more like contemporary C code?

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