[Python-3000] PEP 3137 plan of attack

[Georg Brandl]

Christian Heimes schrieb:

>> You mean 'formerly', not 'formally' :-) I prefer to just call these by
>> their C names (PyString) to be precise, as the C names aren't changing
>> (at least not yet ;-).
> 
> Oh, formerly ... right. The current state of the names is very
> confusing. It's going to cost me some cups of coffee.
> 
>   str - PyUnicode
>   bytes - PyString
>   buffer - PyBytes

I agree that this is quite confusing. The PyBytes functions can be changed
without a thought since they aren't 2.x heritage. Since PyBuffer_* is already
taken, what about a PyByteBuffer_ prefix? PyString_ could then be renamed
to PyByteString_. PyUnicode might be allowed to stay...

Georg


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