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Soft deprecate PyUnicode_New(), PyUnicode_CopyCharacters(), PyUnicode_Fill(), PyUnicode_Resize(), PyUnicode_WRITE() and PyUnicode_WriteChar() functions. Use the PyUnicodeWriter API instead. Mention also that PyUnicodeWriter is not thread safe.
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It looks like this should be a WG decision. I'd vote for it though. |
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Ok. I created capi-workgroup/decisions#111 to get a decision from the C API Working Group. I added more details: list of PyPI affected project and mention that pythoncapi-compat provides the PyUnicodeWriter API on Python 3.6-3.13. |
test_capi.test_unicode: * Add tests on PyUnicode_New() and PyUnicode_Resize(). Check that the result is either a mutable string, or the empty string singleton. * Check that PyUnicode_Fill(), PyUnicode_CopyCharacters() and PyUnicode_WriteChar() fail to modify a string with 2 references. Adjust documentation.
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The C API Working Group approved the soft deprecation: capi-workgroup/decisions#111 (comment). |
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Soft deprecate PyUnicode_New(), PyUnicode_CopyCharacters(), PyUnicode_Fill(), PyUnicode_Resize(), PyUnicode_WRITE() and PyUnicode_WriteChar() functions. Use the PyUnicodeWriter API instead.