Greg Stein: Implement the new bf_getcharbuffer function, indicating
that (as far as the data type is concerned!) this is character data.
diff --git a/Objects/stringobject.c b/Objects/stringobject.c
index 648e6e2..1f1a41b 100644
--- a/Objects/stringobject.c
+++ b/Objects/stringobject.c
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@
{
if ( index != 0 ) {
PyErr_SetString(PyExc_SystemError,
- "Accessing non-existent string segment");
+ "accessing non-existent string segment");
return -1;
}
*ptr = (void *)self->ob_sval;
@@ -493,6 +493,21 @@
return 1;
}
+static int
+string_buffer_getcharbuf(self, index, ptr)
+ PyStringObject *self;
+ int index;
+ const char **ptr;
+{
+ if ( index != 0 ) {
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_SystemError,
+ "accessing non-existent string segment");
+ return -1;
+ }
+ *ptr = self->ob_sval;
+ return self->ob_size;
+}
+
static PySequenceMethods string_as_sequence = {
(inquiry)string_length, /*sq_length*/
(binaryfunc)string_concat, /*sq_concat*/
@@ -507,6 +522,7 @@
(getreadbufferproc)string_buffer_getreadbuf,
(getwritebufferproc)string_buffer_getwritebuf,
(getsegcountproc)string_buffer_getsegcount,
+ (getcharbufferproc)string_buffer_getcharbuf,
};
PyTypeObject PyString_Type = {
@@ -530,7 +546,7 @@
0, /*tp_getattro*/
0, /*tp_setattro*/
&string_as_buffer, /*tp_as_buffer*/
- 0, /*tp_xxx4*/
+ Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT, /*tp_flags*/
0, /*tp_doc*/
};