New submission from STINNER Victor <victor.stin...@haypocalc.com>: "U" and "U#" formats were introduced by r55433 (Python3). At this same, "s" and "U" formats were different: "s" called PyString_FromStringAndSize() and "U" called PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(). Two months later, PyString_FromStringAndSize() was replaced by PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize() for format "s", and so both formats are exactly the same.
"U" and "U#" were introduced during the transition between bytes, str and unicode. They can now be replaced by "s" and "s#", and then be removed. There is just one usage of "U": definition of sys.subversion (Python/sysmodule.c), whereas there are 36 usages of "s" format. (U# and s# are not used.) ---------- components: Interpreter Core messages: 106700 nosy: doerwalter, haypo priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Remove "U" and "U#" formats of Py_BuildValue() versions: Python 3.2 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue8848> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
