[Python-checkins] r71937 - python/trunk/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst

Sat Apr 25 23:16:05 CEST 2009

Author: jeroen.ruigrok
Date: Sat Apr 25 23:16:05 2009
New Revision: 71937

Log:
Issue #4129: document int -> Py_ssize_t changes.


Modified:
   python/trunk/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst

Modified: python/trunk/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst
==============================================================================

--- python/trunk/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst	Sat Apr 25 23:16:05 2009
@@ -71,12 +71,20 @@
    Return the size of the object.  *o* has to be a :ctype:`PyUnicodeObject` (not
    checked).
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function returned an :ctype:`int` type. This might require changes
+      in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: Py_ssize_t PyUnicode_GET_DATA_SIZE(PyObject *o)
 
    Return the size of the object's internal buffer in bytes.  *o* has to be a
    :ctype:`PyUnicodeObject` (not checked).
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function returned an :ctype:`int` type. This might require changes
+      in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: Py_UNICODE* PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(PyObject *o)
 
@@ -202,6 +210,10 @@
    Therefore, modification of the resulting Unicode object is only allowed when *u*
    is *NULL*.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: Py_UNICODE* PyUnicode_AsUnicode(PyObject *unicode)
 
@@ -213,6 +225,10 @@
 
    Return the length of the Unicode object.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function returned an :ctype:`int` type. This might require changes
+      in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_FromEncodedObject(PyObject *obj, const char *encoding, const char *errors)
 
@@ -249,6 +265,10 @@
    Create a Unicode object from the :ctype:`wchar_t` buffer *w* of the given size.
    Return *NULL* on failure.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: Py_ssize_t PyUnicode_AsWideChar(PyUnicodeObject *unicode, wchar_t *w, Py_ssize_t size)
 
@@ -260,6 +280,11 @@
    to make sure that the :ctype:`wchar_t` string is 0-terminated in case this is
    required by the application.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function returned an :ctype:`int` type and used an :ctype:`int`
+      type for *size*. This might require changes in your code for properly
+      supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. _builtincodecs:
 
@@ -299,6 +324,10 @@
    using the Python codec registry.  Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by
    the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_Encode(const Py_UNICODE *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *encoding, const char *errors)
 
@@ -308,6 +337,10 @@
    looked up using the Python codec registry.  Return *NULL* if an exception was
    raised by the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_AsEncodedString(PyObject *unicode, const char *encoding, const char *errors)
 
@@ -327,6 +360,10 @@
    Create a Unicode object by decoding *size* bytes of the UTF-8 encoded string
    *s*. Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8Stateful(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors, Py_ssize_t *consumed)
 
@@ -337,12 +374,20 @@
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.4
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_EncodeUTF8(const Py_UNICODE *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors)
 
    Encode the :ctype:`Py_UNICODE` buffer of the given size using UTF-8 and return a
    Python string object.  Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_AsUTF8String(PyObject *unicode)
 
@@ -450,6 +495,10 @@
 
    Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeUTF16Stateful(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors, int *byteorder, Py_ssize_t *consumed)
 
@@ -461,6 +510,11 @@
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.4
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size* and an :ctype:`int *`
+      type for *consumed*. This might require changes in your code for
+      properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_EncodeUTF16(const Py_UNICODE *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors, int byteorder)
 
@@ -481,6 +535,10 @@
 
    Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_AsUTF16String(PyObject *unicode)
 
@@ -498,6 +556,10 @@
    Create a Unicode object by decoding *size* bytes of the Unicode-Escape encoded
    string *s*.  Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_EncodeUnicodeEscape(const Py_UNICODE *s, Py_ssize_t size)
 
@@ -505,6 +567,10 @@
    return a Python string object.  Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by the
    codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_AsUnicodeEscapeString(PyObject *unicode)
 
@@ -522,6 +588,10 @@
    Create a Unicode object by decoding *size* bytes of the Raw-Unicode-Escape
    encoded string *s*.  Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_EncodeRawUnicodeEscape(const Py_UNICODE *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors)
 
@@ -529,6 +599,10 @@
    and return a Python string object.  Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by
    the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_AsRawUnicodeEscapeString(PyObject *unicode)
 
@@ -547,12 +621,20 @@
    Create a Unicode object by decoding *size* bytes of the Latin-1 encoded string
    *s*.  Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_EncodeLatin1(const Py_UNICODE *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors)
 
    Encode the :ctype:`Py_UNICODE` buffer of the given size using Latin-1 and return
    a Python string object.  Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_AsLatin1String(PyObject *unicode)
 
@@ -571,12 +653,20 @@
    Create a Unicode object by decoding *size* bytes of the ASCII encoded string
    *s*.  Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_EncodeASCII(const Py_UNICODE *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors)
 
    Encode the :ctype:`Py_UNICODE` buffer of the given size using ASCII and return a
    Python string object.  Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_AsASCIIString(PyObject *unicode)
 
@@ -622,6 +712,10 @@
    .. versionchanged:: 2.4
       Allowed unicode string as mapping argument.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_EncodeCharmap(const Py_UNICODE *s, Py_ssize_t size, PyObject *mapping, const char *errors)
 
@@ -629,6 +723,10 @@
    *mapping* object and return a Python string object. Return *NULL* if an
    exception was raised by the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_AsCharmapString(PyObject *unicode, PyObject *mapping)
 
@@ -652,6 +750,10 @@
    and sequences work well.  Unmapped character ordinals (ones which cause a
    :exc:`LookupError`) are left untouched and are copied as-is.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 These are the MBCS codec APIs. They are currently only available on Windows and
 use the Win32 MBCS converters to implement the conversions.  Note that MBCS (or
 DBCS) is a class of encodings, not just one.  The target encoding is defined by
@@ -665,6 +767,10 @@
    Create a Unicode object by decoding *size* bytes of the MBCS encoded string *s*.
    Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeMBCSStateful(const char *s, int size, const char *errors, int *consumed)
 
@@ -681,6 +787,10 @@
    Encode the :ctype:`Py_UNICODE` buffer of the given size using MBCS and return a
    Python string object.  Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_AsMBCSString(PyObject *unicode)
 
@@ -715,6 +825,10 @@
    separator.  At most *maxsplit* splits will be done.  If negative, no limit is
    set.  Separators are not included in the resulting list.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *maxsplit*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_Splitlines(PyObject *s, int keepend)
 
@@ -751,6 +865,11 @@
    (*direction* == -1 means to do a prefix match, *direction* == 1 a suffix match),
    0 otherwise. Return ``-1`` if an error occurred.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *start* and *end*. This
+      might require changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit
+      systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: Py_ssize_t PyUnicode_Find(PyObject *str, PyObject *substr, Py_ssize_t start, Py_ssize_t end, int direction)
 
@@ -760,12 +879,22 @@
    ``-1`` indicates that no match was found, and ``-2`` indicates that an error
    occurred and an exception has been set.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *start* and *end*. This
+      might require changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit
+      systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: Py_ssize_t PyUnicode_Count(PyObject *str, PyObject *substr, Py_ssize_t start, Py_ssize_t end)
 
    Return the number of non-overlapping occurrences of *substr* in
    ``str[start:end]``.  Return ``-1`` if an error occurred.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function returned an :ctype:`int` type and used an :ctype:`int`
+      type for *start* and *end*. This might require changes in your code for
+      properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_Replace(PyObject *str, PyObject *substr, PyObject *replstr, Py_ssize_t maxcount)
 
@@ -773,6 +902,10 @@
    return the resulting Unicode object. *maxcount* == -1 means replace all
    occurrences.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *maxcount*. This might
+      require changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: int PyUnicode_Compare(PyObject *left, PyObject *right)
 
