Commit 4b52ae8f authored by Gregory P. Smith's avatar Gregory P. Smith

Clean up references to the no longer existing PyString_ APIs in our docs.

parent 3f885b54
......@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ error handling for the moment; a better way to code this is shown below)::
t = PyTuple_New(3);
PyTuple_SetItem(t, 0, PyLong_FromLong(1L));
PyTuple_SetItem(t, 1, PyLong_FromLong(2L));
PyTuple_SetItem(t, 2, PyString_FromString("three"));
PyTuple_SetItem(t, 2, PyUnicode_FromString("three"));
Here, :c:func:`PyLong_FromLong` returns a new reference which is immediately
stolen by :c:func:`PyTuple_SetItem`. When you want to keep using an object
......
......@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ example::
if (buf == NULL)
return PyErr_NoMemory();
...Do some I/O operation involving buf...
res = PyString_FromString(buf);
res = PyBytes_FromString(buf);
free(buf); /* malloc'ed */
return res;
......@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ I/O buffer is allocated from the Python heap by using the first function set::
if (buf == NULL)
return PyErr_NoMemory();
/* ...Do some I/O operation involving buf... */
res = PyString_FromString(buf);
res = PyBytes_FromString(buf);
PyMem_Free(buf); /* allocated with PyMem_Malloc */
return res;
......@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ The same code using the type-oriented function set::
if (buf == NULL)
return PyErr_NoMemory();
/* ...Do some I/O operation involving buf... */
res = PyString_FromString(buf);
res = PyBytes_FromString(buf);
PyMem_Del(buf); /* allocated with PyMem_New */
return res;
......
......@@ -287,14 +287,14 @@ strings, so we provide a new method::
self = (Noddy *)type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
if (self != NULL) {
self->first = PyString_FromString("");
self->first = PyUnicode_FromString("");
if (self->first == NULL)
{
Py_DECREF(self);
return NULL;
}
self->last = PyString_FromString("");
self->last = PyUnicode_FromString("");
if (self->last == NULL)
{
Py_DECREF(self);
......@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ concatenation of the first and last names. ::
PyObject *args, *result;
if (format == NULL) {
format = PyString_FromString("%s %s");
format = PyUnicode_FromString("%s %s");
if (format == NULL)
return NULL;
}
......@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ concatenation of the first and last names. ::
if (args == NULL)
return NULL;
result = PyString_Format(format, args);
result = PyUnicode_Format(format, args);
Py_DECREF(args);
return result;
......@@ -557,9 +557,9 @@ getting and setting the :attr:`first` attribute::
return -1;
}
if (! PyString_Check(value)) {
if (! PyUnicode_Check(value)) {
PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
"The first attribute value must be a string");
"The first attribute value must be a str");
return -1;
}
......@@ -1022,8 +1022,8 @@ example::
static PyObject *
newdatatype_repr(newdatatypeobject * obj)
{
return PyString_FromFormat("Repr-ified_newdatatype{{size:\%d}}",
obj->obj_UnderlyingDatatypePtr->size);
return PyUnicode_FromFormat("Repr-ified_newdatatype{{size:\%d}}",
obj->obj_UnderlyingDatatypePtr->size);
}
If no :attr:`tp_repr` handler is specified, the interpreter will supply a
......@@ -1042,8 +1042,8 @@ Here is a simple example::
static PyObject *
newdatatype_str(newdatatypeobject * obj)
{
return PyString_FromFormat("Stringified_newdatatype{{size:\%d}}",
obj->obj_UnderlyingDatatypePtr->size);
return PyUnicode_FromFormat("Stringified_newdatatype{{size:\%d}}",
obj->obj_UnderlyingDatatypePtr->size);
}
......@@ -1364,11 +1364,10 @@ Here is a desultory example of the implementation of the call function. ::
if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "sss:call", &arg1, &arg2, &arg3)) {
return NULL;
}
result = PyString_FromFormat(
result = PyUnicode_FromFormat(
"Returning -- value: [\%d] arg1: [\%s] arg2: [\%s] arg3: [\%s]\n",
obj->obj_UnderlyingDatatypePtr->size,
arg1, arg2, arg3);
printf("\%s", PyString_AS_STRING(result));
return result;
}
......
......@@ -82,18 +82,20 @@ returns its length and :c:func:`PyTuple_GetItem` returns the item at a specified
index. Lists have similar functions, :c:func:`PyListSize` and
:c:func:`PyList_GetItem`.
For strings, :c:func:`PyString_Size` returns its length and
:c:func:`PyString_AsString` a pointer to its value. Note that Python strings may
contain null bytes so C's :c:func:`strlen` should not be used.
For bytes, :c:func:`PyBytes_Size` returns its length and
:c:func:`PyBytes_AsStringAndSize` provides a pointer to its value and its
length. Note that Python bytes objects may contain null bytes so C's
:c:func:`strlen` should not be used.
To test the type of an object, first make sure it isn't *NULL*, and then use
:c:func:`PyString_Check`, :c:func:`PyTuple_Check`, :c:func:`PyList_Check`, etc.
:c:func:`PyBytes_Check`, :c:func:`PyTuple_Check`, :c:func:`PyList_Check`, etc.
There is also a high-level API to Python objects which is provided by the
so-called 'abstract' interface -- read ``Include/abstract.h`` for further
details. It allows interfacing with any kind of Python sequence using calls
like :c:func:`PySequence_Length`, :c:func:`PySequence_GetItem`, etc.) as well as
many other useful protocols.
like :c:func:`PySequence_Length`, :c:func:`PySequence_GetItem`, etc.) as well
as many other useful protocols such as numbers (:c:func:`PyNumber_Index` et.
al.) and mappings in the PyMapping APIs.
How do I use Py_BuildValue() to create a tuple of arbitrary length?
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