README.txt
1bits shared by the bytesobject and unicodeobject implementations (and
2possibly other modules, in a not too distant future).
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4the stuff in here is included into relevant places; see the individual
5source files for details.
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8the following defines used by the different modules:
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10STRINGLIB_CHAR
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12 the type used to hold a character (char or Py_UNICODE)
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14STRINGLIB_EMPTY
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16 a PyObject representing the empty string, only to be used if
17 STRINGLIB_MUTABLE is 0
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19Py_ssize_t STRINGLIB_LEN(PyObject*)
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21 returns the length of the given string object (which must be of the
22 right type)
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24PyObject* STRINGLIB_NEW(STRINGLIB_CHAR*, Py_ssize_t)
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26 creates a new string object
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28STRINGLIB_CHAR* STRINGLIB_STR(PyObject*)
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30 returns the pointer to the character data for the given string
31 object (which must be of the right type)
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33int STRINGLIB_CHECK_EXACT(PyObject *)
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35 returns true if the object is an instance of our type, not a subclass
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37STRINGLIB_MUTABLE
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39 must be 0 or 1 to tell the cpp macros in stringlib code if the object
40 being operated on is mutable or not
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