[Python-Dev] New Py_UNICODE doc

[Nicholas Bastin]

On May 6, 2005, at 3:25 AM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

> I don't see why you shouldn't use Py_UNICODE buffer directly.
> After all, the reason why we have that typedef is to make it
> possible to program against an abstract type - regardless of
> its size on the given platform.

Because the encoding of that buffer appears to be different depending 
on the configure options.  If that isn't true, then someone needs to 
change the doc, and the configure options.  Right now, it seems *very* 
clear that Py_UNICODE may either be UCS-2 or UCS-4 encoded if you read 
the configure help, and you can't use the buffer directly if the 
encoding is variable.  However, you seem to be saying that this isn't 
true.

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Nick