> > 2) most C functions that expect 8-bit strings crash if you
> > hand them a unicode string containing non-ascii characters.
> >
> > an example:
> >
> > >>> import socket
> > >>> socket.gethostbyname(u"pythönware.com")
> >
> > this works as expected in 2.1.1 (that is, I get an exception).
> > it doesn't work in a local build of 2.2a2.
>
> Yes, confirmed in 2.2a3 :-(
>
> Tim? Time for a debug session?
Never mind, Tim. :-)
This crashes on Linux too. This patch fixes it, but I'm not sure if
that's right -- more eyes, please? (Maybe the fix is simpler and it
should just replace the test for Py_None with a test for NULL?)
Index: getargs.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Python/getargs.c,v
retrieving revision 2.63
diff -c -r2.63 getargs.c
*** getargs.c 2001/08/28 16:37:51 2.63
--- getargs.c 2001/09/07 19:56:21
***************
*** 369,374 ****
--- 369,375 ----
{
assert (expected != NULL);
sprintf(msgbuf, "must be %.50s, not %.50s", expected,
+ arg == NULL ? "NULL" :
arg == Py_None ? "None" : arg->ob_type->tp_name);
return msgbuf;
}
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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