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Author	theller
Recipients	georg.brandl, theller, vstinner
Date	2009-08-15.09:55:59
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In-reply-to	<1250291231.27.0.618493938959.issue6239@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>

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> I agree that the C type 'char' is a byte, not a character. So Python3 > should creates a Python bytes object for the ctypes "c_char_p" type. > Since Python 3.1 is out, is it too late to change it in the 3.x branch? > :-) Maybe for Python 3.2? I think the current behaviour is clearly a bug, so I would apply this patch to Python 3.1 as well. Any comments? Who will decide that?

> I agree that the C type 'char' is a byte, not a character. So Python3
> should creates a Python bytes object for the ctypes "c_char_p" type.
> Since Python 3.1 is out, is it too late to change it in the 3.x branch?
> :-) Maybe for Python 3.2?

I think the current behaviour is clearly a bug, so I would apply
this patch to Python 3.1 as well.  Any comments?  Who will decide that?

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2009-08-15 09:56:02	theller	set	recipients: + theller, georg.brandl, vstinner
2009-08-15 09:56:00	theller	link	issue6239 messages
2009-08-15 09:55:59	theller	create