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authorWindson yang <wiwindson@outlook.com>2018-11-18 03:16:51 +0800
committerMiss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com>2018-11-17 11:16:51 -0800
commit689d555ec135d4115574addd063c358ac4897cc4 (patch)
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parent38df97a03c5102e717a110ab69bff8e5c9ebfd08 (diff)
downloadcpython-git-689d555ec135d4115574addd063c358ac4897cc4.tar.gz
bpo-25438: document what codec PyMemberDef T_STRING decodes the char * as (GH-10580)
Source of T_STRING: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/e42b705188271da108de42b55d9344642170aa2b/Python/structmember.c#L51 Source of PyUnicode_FromString https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/master/Include/unicodeobject.h#L702 https://bugs.python.org/issue25438
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@@ -292,7 +292,8 @@ definition with the same method name.
:attr:`flags` can be ``0`` for write and read access or :c:macro:`READONLY` for
read-only access. Using :c:macro:`T_STRING` for :attr:`type` implies
- :c:macro:`READONLY`. Only :c:macro:`T_OBJECT` and :c:macro:`T_OBJECT_EX`
+ :c:macro:`READONLY`. :c:macro:`T_STRING` data is interpreted as UTF-8.
+ Only :c:macro:`T_OBJECT` and :c:macro:`T_OBJECT_EX`
members can be deleted. (They are set to *NULL*).