[Python-3000] PEP 3137 plan of attack

[Jeffrey Yasskin]

On 10/10/07, Gregory P. Smith <greg at krypto.org> wrote:
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> > > - remove buffer API from PyUnicode
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> > I'll take these two with a goal of having them done by the end of the
> week.
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> > -gps
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> I should've known not to believe the simple description.  This one is
> proving difficult by itself.  If I modify the Unicode object to not support
> the buffer API I can't even launch the python interpreter.  Any one with
> more time on their hands want this one?
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> I'll still deal with adding the missing PyBytes methods.

I've got two plane flights coming up, so I can tackle removing the
buffer API from PyUnicode (and perhaps removing the PyBUF_CHARACTER
constant entirely if it's on the way). I'll hope to be done by Monday,
with a status report of some sort by Friday.