[Python-checkins] bpo-33195: Doc: Deprecate Py_UNICODE in c-api/arg (GH-6329)
INADA Naoki
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Thu Apr 5 05:08:52 EDT 2018
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/29bc6f6347b1e05b22180fd296013bb2a104d589
commit: 29bc6f6347b1e05b22180fd296013bb2a104d589
branch: 3.6
author: INADA Naoki <methane at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: GitHub <noreply at github.com>
date: 2018-04-05T18:08:43+09:00
summary:
bpo-33195: Doc: Deprecate Py_UNICODE in c-api/arg (GH-6329)
Py_UNICODE is deprecated since Python 3.3.
But the deprecation is missed in the c-api/arg document.
(cherry picked from commit 42ec190)
files:
A Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2018-04-01-14-30-36.bpo-33195.dRS-XX.rst
M Doc/c-api/arg.rst
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/arg.rst b/Doc/c-api/arg.rst
index e8e7e0d55930..dc58e152a6b5 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/arg.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/arg.rst
@@ -151,19 +151,35 @@ which disallows mutable objects such as :class:`bytearray`.
Previously, :exc:`TypeError` was raised when embedded null code points
were encountered in the Python string.
+ .. deprecated-removed:: 3.3 4.0
+ Part of the old-style :c:type:`Py_UNICODE` API; please migrate to using
+ :c:func:`PyUnicode_AsWideCharString`.
+
``u#`` (:class:`str`) [Py_UNICODE \*, int]
This variant on ``u`` stores into two C variables, the first one a pointer to a
Unicode data buffer, the second one its length. This variant allows
null code points.
+ .. deprecated-removed:: 3.3 4.0
+ Part of the old-style :c:type:`Py_UNICODE` API; please migrate to using
+ :c:func:`PyUnicode_AsWideCharString`.
+
``Z`` (:class:`str` or ``None``) [Py_UNICODE \*]
Like ``u``, but the Python object may also be ``None``, in which case the
:c:type:`Py_UNICODE` pointer is set to *NULL*.
+ .. deprecated-removed:: 3.3 4.0
+ Part of the old-style :c:type:`Py_UNICODE` API; please migrate to using
+ :c:func:`PyUnicode_AsWideCharString`.
+
``Z#`` (:class:`str` or ``None``) [Py_UNICODE \*, int]
Like ``u#``, but the Python object may also be ``None``, in which case the
:c:type:`Py_UNICODE` pointer is set to *NULL*.
+ .. deprecated-removed:: 3.3 4.0
+ Part of the old-style :c:type:`Py_UNICODE` API; please migrate to using
+ :c:func:`PyUnicode_AsWideCharString`.
+
``U`` (:class:`str`) [PyObject \*]
Requires that the Python object is a Unicode object, without attempting
any conversion. Raises :exc:`TypeError` if the object is not a Unicode
@@ -552,12 +568,13 @@ Building values
``z#`` (:class:`str` or ``None``) [char \*, int]
Same as ``s#``.
- ``u`` (:class:`str`) [Py_UNICODE \*]
- Convert a null-terminated buffer of Unicode (UCS-2 or UCS-4) data to a Python
- Unicode object. If the Unicode buffer pointer is *NULL*, ``None`` is returned.
+ ``u`` (:class:`str`) [wchar_t \*]
+ Convert a null-terminated :c:type:`wchar_t` buffer of Unicode (UTF-16 or UCS-4)
+ data to a Python Unicode object. If the Unicode buffer pointer is *NULL*,
+ ``None`` is returned.
- ``u#`` (:class:`str`) [Py_UNICODE \*, int]
- Convert a Unicode (UCS-2 or UCS-4) data buffer and its length to a Python
+ ``u#`` (:class:`str`) [wchar_t \*, int]
+ Convert a Unicode (UTF-16 or UCS-4) data buffer and its length to a Python
Unicode object. If the Unicode buffer pointer is *NULL*, the length is ignored
and ``None`` is returned.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2018-04-01-14-30-36.bpo-33195.dRS-XX.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2018-04-01-14-30-36.bpo-33195.dRS-XX.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6884640325b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2018-04-01-14-30-36.bpo-33195.dRS-XX.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Deprecate ``Py_UNICODE`` usage in ``c-api/arg`` document. ``Py_UNICODE``
+related APIs are deprecated since Python 3.3, but it is missed in the
+document.
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