[Python-3000] Str v. Unicode in C?
"Martin v. Löwis"
martin at v.loewis.de
Wed Aug 22 22:28:09 CEST 2007
skip at pobox.com schrieb:
> If I want to check an object for stringedness in py3k do I use
> PyString_Check or PyUnicode_Check?
In the medium term, you should use PyUnicode_Check. In the short
term, additionally, do PyString_Check as well if you want to
support str8 (your choice). In the long term, it might be that
PyUnicode_Check gets renamed to PyString_Check, provided that
str8 is removed from the code base.
Regards,
Martin
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