[Python-Dev] Let's update CObject API so it is safe and regular!

[Kristján Valur Jónsson]

What are the semantics of the "type" argument for PyCObject_FromVoidPtr()?
-Does it do a strdup, or is the type required to be valid while the object exists (e.g. a static string)?
-How is the type match determined, strcmp, or pointer comparison?

-----Original Message-----
From: python-dev-bounces+kristjan=ccpgames.com at python.org [mailto:python-dev-bounces+kristjan=ccpgames.com at python.org] On Behalf Of Larry Hastings
Sent: 31. mars 2009 19:15
To: Python-Dev at python.org
Subject: [Python-Dev] Let's update CObject API so it is safe and regular!

* The constructors and the main accessor (PyCObject_AsVoidPtr) now all
  *require* a "const char *type" parameter, which must be a non-NULL C
  string of non-zero length.  If you call that accessor and the "type"
  is invalid *or doesn't match*, it fails.