[Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Stabilizing the C API of 2.6 and 3.0

[Gregory P. Smith]

On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:

> I will freely admit that I haven't followed this thread in any detail,
> but if it were up to me, I'd have the 2.6 internal code use PyString

...

Should we read this as a BDFL pronouncement and make it so?

All that would mean change wise is that trunk r63675 as well as possibly
r63672 and r63677 would need to be rolled back and this whole discussion
over if such a big change should have happened would turn into a moot point.

I would also add macros that map the PyBytes_* APIs to PyString_*, but
> I would not start using these internally except in code newly written
> for 2.6 and intended to be "in the spirit of 3.0". IOW use PyString
> for 8-bit strings containing text, and PyBytes for 8-bit strings
> containing binary data. For 8-bit strings that could contain either
> text or data, I'd use PyString, in the spirit of 2.x.
>
> --Guido
>
>
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