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Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +000025/* String object interface */
26
27/*
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29
30Type stringobject represents a character string. An extra zero byte is
31reserved at the end to ensure it is zero-terminated, but a size is
32present so strings with null bytes in them can be represented. This
33is an immutable object type.
34
35There are functions to create new string objects, to test
36an object for string-ness, and to get the
37string value. The latter function returns a null pointer
38if the object is not of the proper type.
39There is a variant that takes an explicit size as well as a
40variant that assumes a zero-terminated string. Note that none of the
41functions should be applied to nil objects.
42*/
43
44/* NB The type is revealed here only because it is used in dictobject.c */
45
46typedef struct {
47 OB_VARHEAD
48 char ob_sval[1];
49} stringobject;
50
51extern typeobject Stringtype;
52
53#define is_stringobject(op) ((op)->ob_type == &Stringtype)
54
55extern object *newsizedstringobject PROTO((char *, int));
56extern object *newstringobject PROTO((char *));
57extern unsigned int getstringsize PROTO((object *));
58extern char *getstringvalue PROTO((object *));
59extern void joinstring PROTO((object **, object *));
60extern int resizestring PROTO((object **, int));
61
62/* Macro, trading safety for speed */
63#define GETSTRINGVALUE(op) ((op)->ob_sval)