2011/11/22 Victor Stinner <victor.stin...@haypocalc.com> > Hi, > > In Python 3.2, PyUnicode_Resize() expects a number of Py_UNICODE units, > whereas Python 3.3 expects a number of characters. > > It is tricky to convert a number of Py_UNICODE units to a number of > characters, so it is diffcult to provide a backward compatibility > PyUnicode_Resize() function taking a number of Py_UNICODE units in Python > 3.3. > > Should we rename PyUnicode_Resize() in Python 3.3 to avoid surprising bugs? > > The issue only concerns Windows with non-BMP characters, so a very rare use > case. > > The easiest solution is to do nothing in Python 3.3: the API changed, but > it > doesn't really matter. Developers just have to be careful on this > particular > issue (which is not well documented today). >
+1. A note in the "Porting C code" section of whatsnew/3.3 should be enough. -- Amaury Forgeot d'Arc
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