[issue25438] document what codec PyMemberDef T_STRING decodes the char * as

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[issue25438] document what codec PyMemberDef T_STRING decodes the char * as

miss-islington added the comment: New changeset d1a97b36595726074a83452e5c476806936becba by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.7': [3.7] bpo-25438: document what codec PyMemberDef T_STRING decodes the char * as (GH-10580) (GH-10586) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d1a97b36595726074a8

[issue25438] document what codec PyMemberDef T_STRING decodes the char * as

miss-islington added the comment: New changeset 8945017be4cc9527767bb66673e73e28e4b0b4d3 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.6': [3.6] bpo-25438: document what codec PyMemberDef T_STRING decodes the char * as (GH-10580) (GH-10587) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8945017be4cc9527767

[issue25438] document what codec PyMemberDef T_STRING decodes the char * as

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miss-islington added the comment: New changeset 689d555ec135d4115574addd063c358ac4897cc4 by Miss Islington (bot) (Windson yang) in branch 'master': bpo-25438: document what codec PyMemberDef T_STRING decodes the char * as (GH-10580) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/689d555ec135d41155

[issue25438] document what codec PyMemberDef T_STRING decodes the char * as

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[issue25438] document what codec PyMemberDef T_STRING decodes the char * as

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[issue25438] document what codec PyMemberDef T_STRING decodes the char * as

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[issue25438] document what codec PyMemberDef T_STRING decodes the char * as

Windson Yang added the comment: I will work on it today :D -- nosy: +Windson Yang ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list maili

[issue25438] document what codec PyMemberDef T_STRING decodes the char * as

Gregory P. Smith added the comment: it still seems relevant, having better docs is always good. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Pytho

[issue25438] document what codec PyMemberDef T_STRING decodes the char * as

Lysandros Nikolaou added the comment: It's been more than 3 years, since this was opened, but I will ask nevertheless. Should a PR maybe made for this issue? -- nosy: +lys.nikolaou ___ Python tracker __

[issue25438] document what codec PyMemberDef T_STRING decodes the char * as

Josh Rosenberg added the comment: Checking the source ( https://hg.python.org/cpython/file/tip/Python/structmember.c#l51 ), it calls PyUnicodeFromString ( https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/unicode.html?highlight=pyunicode_fromstring#c.PyUnicode_FromString ), so it's always interpreted as UTF-8.

[issue25438] document what codec PyMemberDef T_STRING decodes the char * as

New submission from Gregory P. Smith: https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/structures.html#c.PyMemberDef T_STRING members are turned into str objects in Python. The documentation needs updating to mention which codec the char * bytes are treated as. Solving this issue involves code inspection and