Re: [PATCH] Add function host_string_to_python_string.

Joel Brobecker
2015-12-18T18:24:43Z

> There's a python_string_to_host_string function, but not its counterpart.
> I couldn't find anything in the record arguing against its existence,
> and there's enough of a use for it so I added it.
>
> Regression tested on amd64-linux.
>
> 2015-12-18 Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
>
> * python/py-utils.c (host_string_to_python_string): New function.
> * python/python-internal.h (host_string_to_python_string): Declare it.
> * python/py-*.c (*): Update all calls to
> PyString_Decode (str, strlen (str), host_charset (), NULL)
> to use host_string_to_python_string (str) instead.

FWIW, looking at the alternative, I find the new one much better,
so that's a nice addition, IMO.

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Joel