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Gwenaël Samain
cython
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Stefan Behnel
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Stefan Behnel
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@@ -16,29 +16,29 @@ implicitly insert these encoding/decoding steps.
Python string types in Cython code
----------------------------------
Cython supports three Python string types:
:type:`bytes`, :type:`str
`
and
:type:`unicode`. The :type:`str
` type is special in that it is the
Cython supports three Python string types:
``bytes``, ``str`
`
and
``unicode``. The ``str`
` type is special in that it is the
byte string in Python 2 and the Unicode string in Python 3 (for Cython
code compiled with language level 2, i.e. the default). Thus, in Python
2, both
:type:`bytes` and :type:`str
` represent the byte string type,
whereas in Python 3,
:type:`str` and :type:`unicode
` represent the Python
2, both
``bytes`` and ``str`
` represent the byte string type,
whereas in Python 3,
``str`` and ``unicode`
` represent the Python
Unicode string type. The switch is made at C compile time, the Python
version that is used to run Cython is not relevant.
When compiling Cython code with language level 3, the
:type:`str
` type
When compiling Cython code with language level 3, the
``str`
` type
is identified with exactly the Unicode string type at Cython compile time,
i.e. it no does not identify with
:type:`bytes
` when running in Python 2.
i.e. it no does not identify with
``bytes`
` when running in Python 2.
Note that the
:type:`str` type is not compatible with the :type:`unicode
`
Note that the
``str`` type is not compatible with the ``unicode`
`
type in Python 2, i.e. you cannot assign a Unicode string to a variable
or argument that is typed
:type:`str
`. The attempt will result in either
or argument that is typed
``str`
`. The attempt will result in either
a compile time error (if detectable) or a ``TypeError`` exception at
runtime. You should therefore be careful when you statically type a
string variable in code that must be compatible with Python 2, as this
Python version allows a mix of byte strings and unicode strings for data
and users normally expect code to be able to work with both. Code that
only targets Python 3 can safely type variables and arguments as either
:type:`bytes` or :type:`unicode
`.
``bytes`` or ``unicode`
`.
General notes about C strings
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