[Python-checkins] cpython (3.2): Issue #10570: curses.tigetstr() is now expecting a byte string, instead of a

[victor.stinner]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/e41663970ca5
changeset:   73311:e41663970ca5
branch:      3.2
parent:      73307:4dc5590dbd0b
user:        Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at haypocalc.com>
date:        Wed Nov 02 23:45:29 2011 +0100
summary:
  Issue #10570: curses.tigetstr() is now expecting a byte string, instead of a
Unicode string.

This is an incompatible change, but the previous behaviour was completly wrong.

files:
  Doc/library/curses.rst  |  2 +-
  Lib/test/test_curses.py |  7 ++++++-
  Misc/NEWS               |  3 +++
  Modules/_cursesmodule.c |  2 +-
  4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/curses.rst b/Doc/library/curses.rst
--- a/Doc/library/curses.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/curses.rst
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@
 
    Instantiate the string *str* with the supplied parameters, where *str* should
    be a parameterized string obtained from the terminfo database.  E.g.
-   ``tparm(tigetstr("cup"), 5, 3)`` could result in ``'\033[6;4H'``, the exact
+   ``tparm(tigetstr("cup"), 5, 3)`` could result in ``b'\033[6;4H'``, the exact
    result depending on terminal type.
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_curses.py b/Lib/test/test_curses.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_curses.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_curses.py
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
     curses.tigetflag('hc')
     curses.tigetnum('co')
     curses.tigetstr('cr')
-    curses.tparm('cr')
+    curses.tparm(b'cr')
     curses.typeahead(sys.__stdin__.fileno())
     curses.unctrl('a')
     curses.ungetch('a')
@@ -264,6 +264,10 @@
     curses.ungetch(1025)
     stdscr.getkey()
 
+def test_issue10570():
+    b = curses.tparm(curses.tigetstr("cup"), 5, 3)
+    assert type(b) is bytes
+
 def main(stdscr):
     curses.savetty()
     try:
@@ -272,6 +276,7 @@
         test_userptr_without_set(stdscr)
         test_resize_term(stdscr)
         test_issue6243(stdscr)
+        test_issue10570()
     finally:
         curses.resetty()
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #10570: curses.tigetstr() is now expecting a byte string, instead of
+  a Unicode string.
+
 - Issue #2892: preserve iterparse events in case of SyntaxError.
 
 - Issue #670664: Fix HTMLParser to correctly handle the content of
diff --git a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
--- a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
@@ -2600,7 +2600,7 @@
 
     PyCursesSetupTermCalled;
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s|iiiiiiiii:tparm",
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "y|iiiiiiiii:tparm",
                           &fmt, &i1, &i2, &i3, &i4,
                           &i5, &i6, &i7, &i8, &i9)) {
         return NULL;

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython