diff --git a/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst b/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst index e654412965a727..5541eaa521803b 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst @@ -75,19 +75,19 @@ Python: The following APIs are C macros and static inlined functions for fast checks and access to internal read-only data of Unicode objects: -.. c:function:: int PyUnicode_Check(PyObject *o) +.. c:function:: int PyUnicode_Check(PyObject *obj) - Return true if the object *o* is a Unicode object or an instance of a Unicode + Return true if the object *obj* is a Unicode object or an instance of a Unicode subtype. This function always succeeds. -.. c:function:: int PyUnicode_CheckExact(PyObject *o) +.. c:function:: int PyUnicode_CheckExact(PyObject *obj) - Return true if the object *o* is a Unicode object, but not an instance of a + Return true if the object *obj* is a Unicode object, but not an instance of a subtype. This function always succeeds. -.. c:function:: int PyUnicode_READY(PyObject *o) +.. c:function:: int PyUnicode_READY(PyObject *unicode) Returns ``0``. This API is kept only for backward compatibility. @@ -97,17 +97,17 @@ access to internal read-only data of Unicode objects: This API does nothing since Python 3.12. -.. c:function:: Py_ssize_t PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(PyObject *o) +.. c:function:: Py_ssize_t PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(PyObject *unicode) - Return the length of the Unicode string, in code points. *o* has to be a + Return the length of the Unicode string, in code points. *unicode* has to be a Unicode object in the "canonical" representation (not checked). .. versionadded:: 3.3 -.. c:function:: Py_UCS1* PyUnicode_1BYTE_DATA(PyObject *o) - Py_UCS2* PyUnicode_2BYTE_DATA(PyObject *o) - Py_UCS4* PyUnicode_4BYTE_DATA(PyObject *o) +.. c:function:: Py_UCS1* PyUnicode_1BYTE_DATA(PyObject *unicode) + Py_UCS2* PyUnicode_2BYTE_DATA(PyObject *unicode) + Py_UCS4* PyUnicode_4BYTE_DATA(PyObject *unicode) Return a pointer to the canonical representation cast to UCS1, UCS2 or UCS4 integer types for direct character access. No checks are performed if the @@ -129,18 +129,18 @@ access to internal read-only data of Unicode objects: ``PyUnicode_WCHAR_KIND`` has been removed. -.. c:function:: int PyUnicode_KIND(PyObject *o) +.. c:function:: int PyUnicode_KIND(PyObject *unicode) Return one of the PyUnicode kind constants (see above) that indicate how many - bytes per character this Unicode object uses to store its data. *o* has to + bytes per character this Unicode object uses to store its data. *unicode* has to be a Unicode object in the "canonical" representation (not checked). .. versionadded:: 3.3 -.. c:function:: void* PyUnicode_DATA(PyObject *o) +.. c:function:: void* PyUnicode_DATA(PyObject *unicode) - Return a void pointer to the raw Unicode buffer. *o* has to be a Unicode + Return a void pointer to the raw Unicode buffer. *unicode* has to be a Unicode object in the "canonical" representation (not checked). .. versionadded:: 3.3 @@ -168,25 +168,25 @@ access to internal read-only data of Unicode objects: .. versionadded:: 3.3 -.. c:function:: Py_UCS4 PyUnicode_READ_CHAR(PyObject *o, Py_ssize_t index) +.. c:function:: Py_UCS4 PyUnicode_READ_CHAR(PyObject *unicode, Py_ssize_t index) - Read a character from a Unicode object *o*, which must be in the "canonical" + Read a character from a Unicode object *unicode*, which must be in the "canonical" representation. This is less efficient than :c:func:`PyUnicode_READ` if you do multiple consecutive reads. .. versionadded:: 3.3 -.. c:function:: Py_UCS4 PyUnicode_MAX_CHAR_VALUE(PyObject *o) +.. c:function:: Py_UCS4 PyUnicode_MAX_CHAR_VALUE(PyObject *unicode) Return the maximum code point that is suitable for creating another string - based on *o*, which must be in the "canonical" representation. This is + based on *unicode*, which must be in the "canonical" representation. This is always an approximation but more efficient than iterating over the string. .. versionadded:: 3.3 -.. c:function:: int PyUnicode_IsIdentifier(PyObject *o) +.. c:function:: int PyUnicode_IsIdentifier(PyObject *unicode) Return ``1`` if the string is a valid identifier according to the language definition, section :ref:`identifiers`. Return ``0`` otherwise. @@ -358,9 +358,9 @@ APIs: .. versionadded:: 3.3 -.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(const char *u, Py_ssize_t size) +.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(const char *str, Py_ssize_t size) - Create a Unicode object from the char buffer *u*. The bytes will be + Create a Unicode object from the char buffer *str*. The bytes will be interpreted as being UTF-8 encoded. The buffer is copied into the new object. The return value might be a shared object, i.e. modification of the data is @@ -369,16 +369,16 @@ APIs: This function raises :exc:`SystemError` when: * *size* < 0, - * *u* is ``NULL`` and *size* > 0 + * *str* is ``NULL`` and *size* > 0 .. versionchanged:: 3.12 - *u* == ``NULL`` with *size* > 0 is not allowed anymore. + *str* == ``NULL`` with *size* > 0 is not allowed anymore. -.. c:function:: PyObject *PyUnicode_FromString(const char *u) +.. c:function:: PyObject *PyUnicode_FromString(const char *str) Create a Unicode object from a UTF-8 encoded null-terminated char buffer - *u*. + *str*. .. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_FromFormat(const char *format, ...) @@ -646,29 +646,29 @@ APIs: .. versionadded:: 3.3 -.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_Substring(PyObject *str, Py_ssize_t start, \ +.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_Substring(PyObject *unicode, Py_ssize_t start, \ Py_ssize_t end) - Return a substring of *str*, from character index *start* (included) to + Return a substring of *unicode*, from character index *start* (included) to character index *end* (excluded). Negative indices are not supported. .. versionadded:: 3.3 -.. c:function:: Py_UCS4* PyUnicode_AsUCS4(PyObject *u, Py_UCS4 *buffer, \ +.. c:function:: Py_UCS4* PyUnicode_AsUCS4(PyObject *unicode, Py_UCS4 *buffer, \ Py_ssize_t buflen, int copy_null) - Copy the string *u* into a UCS4 buffer, including a null character, if + Copy the string *unicode* into a UCS4 buffer, including a null character, if *copy_null* is set. Returns ``NULL`` and sets an exception on error (in particular, a :exc:`SystemError` if *buflen* is smaller than the length of - *u*). *buffer* is returned on success. + *unicode*). *buffer* is returned on success. .. versionadded:: 3.3 -.. c:function:: Py_UCS4* PyUnicode_AsUCS4Copy(PyObject *u) +.. c:function:: Py_UCS4* PyUnicode_AsUCS4Copy(PyObject *unicode) - Copy the string *u* into a new UCS4 buffer that is allocated using + Copy the string *unicode* into a new UCS4 buffer that is allocated using :c:func:`PyMem_Malloc`. If this fails, ``NULL`` is returned with a :exc:`MemoryError` set. The returned buffer always has an extra null code point appended. @@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ The current locale encoding can be used to decode text from the operating system. .. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeLocaleAndSize(const char *str, \ - Py_ssize_t len, \ + Py_ssize_t length, \ const char *errors) Decode a string from UTF-8 on Android and VxWorks, or from the current @@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ conversion function: Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. -.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefaultAndSize(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size) +.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefaultAndSize(const char *str, Py_ssize_t size) Decode a string from the :term:`filesystem encoding and error handler`. @@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ conversion function: handler>` is now used. -.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(const char *s) +.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(const char *str) Decode a null-terminated string from the :term:`filesystem encoding and error handler`. @@ -841,17 +841,17 @@ wchar_t Support :c:type:`wchar_t` support for platforms which support it: -.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_FromWideChar(const wchar_t *w, Py_ssize_t size) +.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_FromWideChar(const wchar_t *wstr, Py_ssize_t size) - Create a Unicode object from the :c:type:`wchar_t` buffer *w* of the given *size*. + Create a Unicode object from the :c:type:`wchar_t` buffer *wstr* of the given *size*. Passing ``-1`` as the *size* indicates that the function must itself compute the length, - using wcslen. + using :c:func:`!wcslen`. Return ``NULL`` on failure. -.. c:function:: Py_ssize_t PyUnicode_AsWideChar(PyObject *unicode, wchar_t *w, Py_ssize_t size) +.. c:function:: Py_ssize_t PyUnicode_AsWideChar(PyObject *unicode, wchar_t *wstr, Py_ssize_t size) - Copy the Unicode object contents into the :c:type:`wchar_t` buffer *w*. At most + Copy the Unicode object contents into the :c:type:`wchar_t` buffer *wstr*. At most *size* :c:type:`wchar_t` characters are copied (excluding a possibly trailing null termination character). Return the number of :c:type:`wchar_t` characters copied or ``-1`` in case of an error. Note that the resulting :c:expr:`wchar_t*` @@ -915,10 +915,10 @@ Generic Codecs These are the generic codec APIs: -.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_Decode(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size, \ +.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_Decode(const char *str, Py_ssize_t size, \ const char *encoding, const char *errors) - Create a Unicode object by decoding *size* bytes of the encoded string *s*. + Create a Unicode object by decoding *size* bytes of the encoded string *str*. *encoding* and *errors* have the same meaning as the parameters of the same name in the :func:`str` built-in function. The codec to be used is looked up using the Python codec registry. Return ``NULL`` if an exception was raised by @@ -941,13 +941,13 @@ UTF-8 Codecs These are the UTF-8 codec APIs: -.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors) +.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8(const char *str, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors) Create a Unicode object by decoding *size* bytes of the UTF-8 encoded string - *s*. Return ``NULL`` if an exception was raised by the codec. + *str*. Return ``NULL`` if an exception was raised by the codec. -.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8Stateful(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size, \ +.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8Stateful(const char *str, Py_ssize_t size, \ const char *errors, Py_ssize_t *consumed) If *consumed* is ``NULL``, behave like :c:func:`PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8`. If @@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ UTF-32 Codecs These are the UTF-32 codec APIs: -.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeUTF32(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size, \ +.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeUTF32(const char *str, Py_ssize_t size, \ const char *errors, int *byteorder) Decode *size* bytes from a UTF-32 encoded buffer string and return the @@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ These are the UTF-32 codec APIs: Return ``NULL`` if an exception was raised by the codec. -.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeUTF32Stateful(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size, \ +.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeUTF32Stateful(const char *str, Py_ssize_t size, \ const char *errors, int *byteorder, Py_ssize_t *consumed) If *consumed* is ``NULL``, behave like :c:func:`PyUnicode_DecodeUTF32`. If @@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ UTF-16 Codecs These are the UTF-16 codec APIs: -.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeUTF16(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size, \ +.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeUTF16(const char *str, Py_ssize_t size, \ const char *errors, int *byteorder) Decode *size* bytes from a UTF-16 encoded buffer string and return the @@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ These are the UTF-16 codec APIs: Return ``NULL`` if an exception was raised by the codec. -.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeUTF16Stateful(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size, \ +.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeUTF16Stateful(const char *str, Py_ssize_t size, \ const char *errors, int *byteorder, Py_ssize_t *consumed) If *consumed* is ``NULL``, behave like :c:func:`PyUnicode_DecodeUTF16`. If @@ -1105,13 +1105,13 @@ UTF-7 Codecs These are the UTF-7 codec APIs: -.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeUTF7(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors) +.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeUTF7(const char *str, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors) Create a Unicode object by decoding *size* bytes of the UTF-7 encoded string - *s*. Return ``NULL`` if an exception was raised by the codec. + *str*. Return ``NULL`` if an exception was raised by the codec. -.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeUTF7Stateful(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size, \ +.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeUTF7Stateful(const char *str, Py_ssize_t size, \ const char *errors, Py_ssize_t *consumed) If *consumed* is ``NULL``, behave like :c:func:`PyUnicode_DecodeUTF7`. If @@ -1126,11 +1126,11 @@ Unicode-Escape Codecs These are the "Unicode Escape" codec APIs: -.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeUnicodeEscape(const char *s, \ +.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeUnicodeEscape(const char *str, \ Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors) Create a Unicode object by decoding *size* bytes of the Unicode-Escape encoded - string *s*. Return ``NULL`` if an exception was raised by the codec. + string *str*. Return ``NULL`` if an exception was raised by the codec. .. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_AsUnicodeEscapeString(PyObject *unicode) @@ -1146,11 +1146,11 @@ Raw-Unicode-Escape Codecs These are the "Raw Unicode Escape" codec APIs: -.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeRawUnicodeEscape(const char *s, \ +.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeRawUnicodeEscape(const char *str, \ Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors) Create a Unicode object by decoding *size* bytes of the Raw-Unicode-Escape - encoded string *s*. Return ``NULL`` if an exception was raised by the codec. + encoded string *str*. Return ``NULL`` if an exception was raised by the codec. .. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_AsRawUnicodeEscapeString(PyObject *unicode) @@ -1167,10 +1167,10 @@ These are the Latin-1 codec APIs: Latin-1 corresponds to the first 256 Unicode ordinals and only these are accepted by the codecs during encoding. -.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeLatin1(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors) +.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeLatin1(const char *str, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors) Create a Unicode object by decoding *size* bytes of the Latin-1 encoded string - *s*. Return ``NULL`` if an exception was raised by the codec. + *str*. Return ``NULL`` if an exception was raised by the codec. .. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_AsLatin1String(PyObject *unicode) @@ -1187,10 +1187,10 @@ These are the ASCII codec APIs. Only 7-bit ASCII data is accepted. All other codes generate errors. -.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeASCII(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors) +.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeASCII(const char *str, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors) Create a Unicode object by decoding *size* bytes of the ASCII encoded string - *s*. Return ``NULL`` if an exception was raised by the codec. + *str*. Return ``NULL`` if an exception was raised by the codec. .. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_AsASCIIString(PyObject *unicode) @@ -1211,10 +1211,10 @@ decode characters. The mapping objects provided must support the These are the mapping codec APIs: -.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeCharmap(const char *data, Py_ssize_t size, \ +.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeCharmap(const char *str, Py_ssize_t length, \ PyObject *mapping, const char *errors) - Create a Unicode object by decoding *size* bytes of the encoded string *s* + Create a Unicode object by decoding *size* bytes of the encoded string *str* using the given *mapping* object. Return ``NULL`` if an exception was raised by the codec. @@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@ These are the mapping codec APIs: The following codec API is special in that maps Unicode to Unicode. -.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_Translate(PyObject *str, PyObject *table, const char *errors) +.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_Translate(PyObject *unicode, PyObject *table, const char *errors) Translate a string by applying a character mapping table to it and return the resulting Unicode object. Return ``NULL`` if an exception was raised by the @@ -1266,13 +1266,13 @@ use the Win32 MBCS converters to implement the conversions. Note that MBCS (or DBCS) is a class of encodings, not just one. The target encoding is defined by the user settings on the machine running the codec. -.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeMBCS(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors) +.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeMBCS(const char *str, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors) - Create a Unicode object by decoding *size* bytes of the MBCS encoded string *s*. + Create a Unicode object by decoding *size* bytes of the MBCS encoded string *str*. Return ``NULL`` if an exception was raised by the codec. -.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeMBCSStateful(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size, \ +.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeMBCSStateful(const char *str, Py_ssize_t size, \ const char *errors, Py_ssize_t *consumed) If *consumed* is ``NULL``, behave like :c:func:`PyUnicode_DecodeMBCS`. If @@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ They all return ``NULL`` or ``-1`` if an exception occurs. Concat two strings giving a new Unicode string. -.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_Split(PyObject *s, PyObject *sep, Py_ssize_t maxsplit) +.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_Split(PyObject *unicode, PyObject *sep, Py_ssize_t maxsplit) Split a string giving a list of Unicode strings. If *sep* is ``NULL``, splitting will be done at all whitespace substrings. Otherwise, splits occur at the given @@ -1326,10 +1326,10 @@ They all return ``NULL`` or ``-1`` if an exception occurs. set. Separators are not included in the resulting list. -.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_Splitlines(PyObject *s, int keepend) +.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_Splitlines(PyObject *unicode, int keepends) Split a Unicode string at line breaks, returning a list of Unicode strings. - CRLF is considered to be one line break. If *keepend* is ``0``, the line break + CRLF is considered to be one line break. If *keepends* is ``0``, the Line break characters are not included in the resulting strings. @@ -1339,28 +1339,28 @@ They all return ``NULL`` or ``-1`` if an exception occurs. Unicode string. -.. c:function:: Py_ssize_t PyUnicode_Tailmatch(PyObject *str, PyObject *substr, \ +.. c:function:: Py_ssize_t PyUnicode_Tailmatch(PyObject *unicode, PyObject *substr, \ Py_ssize_t start, Py_ssize_t end, int direction) - Return ``1`` if *substr* matches ``str[start:end]`` at the given tail end + Return ``1`` if *substr* matches ``unicode[start:end]`` at the given tail end (*direction* == ``-1`` means to do a prefix match, *direction* == ``1`` a suffix match), ``0`` otherwise. Return ``-1`` if an error occurred. -.. c:function:: Py_ssize_t PyUnicode_Find(PyObject *str, PyObject *substr, \ +.. c:function:: Py_ssize_t PyUnicode_Find(PyObject *unicode, PyObject *substr, \ Py_ssize_t start, Py_ssize_t end, int direction) - Return the first position of *substr* in ``str[start:end]`` using the given + Return the first position of *substr* in ``unicode[start:end]`` using the given *direction* (*direction* == ``1`` means to do a forward search, *direction* == ``-1`` a backward search). The return value is the index of the first match; a value of ``-1`` indicates that no match was found, and ``-2`` indicates that an error occurred and an exception has been set. -.. c:function:: Py_ssize_t PyUnicode_FindChar(PyObject *str, Py_UCS4 ch, \ +.. c:function:: Py_ssize_t PyUnicode_FindChar(PyObject *unicode, Py_UCS4 ch, \ Py_ssize_t start, Py_ssize_t end, int direction) - Return the first position of the character *ch* in ``str[start:end]`` using + Return the first position of the character *ch* in ``unicode[start:end]`` using the given *direction* (*direction* == ``1`` means to do a forward search, *direction* == ``-1`` a backward search). The return value is the index of the first match; a value of ``-1`` indicates that no match was found, and ``-2`` @@ -1369,20 +1369,20 @@ They all return ``NULL`` or ``-1`` if an exception occurs. .. versionadded:: 3.3 .. versionchanged:: 3.7 - *start* and *end* are now adjusted to behave like ``str[start:end]``. + *start* and *end* are now adjusted to behave like ``unicode[start:end]``. -.. c:function:: Py_ssize_t PyUnicode_Count(PyObject *str, PyObject *substr, \ +.. c:function:: Py_ssize_t PyUnicode_Count(PyObject *unicode, PyObject *substr, \ Py_ssize_t start, Py_ssize_t end) Return the number of non-overlapping occurrences of *substr* in - ``str[start:end]``. Return ``-1`` if an error occurred. + ``unicode[start:end]``. Return ``-1`` if an error occurred. -.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_Replace(PyObject *str, PyObject *substr, \ +.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_Replace(PyObject *unicode, PyObject *substr, \ PyObject *replstr, Py_ssize_t maxcount) - Replace at most *maxcount* occurrences of *substr* in *str* with *replstr* and + Replace at most *maxcount* occurrences of *substr* in *unicode* with *replstr* and return the resulting Unicode object. *maxcount* == ``-1`` means replace all occurrences. @@ -1418,9 +1418,9 @@ They all return ``NULL`` or ``-1`` if an exception occurs. .. versionadded:: 3.13 -.. c:function:: int PyUnicode_CompareWithASCIIString(PyObject *uni, const char *string) +.. c:function:: int PyUnicode_CompareWithASCIIString(PyObject *unicode, const char *string) - Compare a Unicode object, *uni*, with *string* and return ``-1``, ``0``, ``1`` for less + Compare a Unicode object, *unicode*, with *string* and return ``-1``, ``0``, ``1`` for less than, equal, and greater than, respectively. It is best to pass only ASCII-encoded strings, but the function interprets the input string as ISO-8859-1 if it contains non-ASCII characters. @@ -1428,7 +1428,7 @@ They all return ``NULL`` or ``-1`` if an exception occurs. This function does not raise exceptions. -.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_RichCompare(PyObject *left, PyObject *right, int op) +.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_RichCompare(PyObject *left, PyObject *right, int op) Rich compare two Unicode strings and return one of the following: @@ -1446,29 +1446,29 @@ They all return ``NULL`` or ``-1`` if an exception occurs. ``format % args``. -.. c:function:: int PyUnicode_Contains(PyObject *container, PyObject *element) +.. c:function:: int PyUnicode_Contains(PyObject *unicode, PyObject *substr) - Check whether *element* is contained in *container* and return true or false + Check whether *substr* is contained in *unicode* and return true or false accordingly. - *element* has to coerce to a one element Unicode string. ``-1`` is returned + *substr* has to coerce to a one element Unicode string. ``-1`` is returned if there was an error. -.. c:function:: void PyUnicode_InternInPlace(PyObject **string) +.. c:function:: void PyUnicode_InternInPlace(PyObject **p_unicode) - Intern the argument *\*string* in place. The argument must be the address of a + Intern the argument :c:expr:`*p_unicode` in place. The argument must be the address of a pointer variable pointing to a Python Unicode string object. If there is an - existing interned string that is the same as *\*string*, it sets *\*string* to + existing interned string that is the same as :c:expr:`*p_unicode`, it sets :c:expr:`*p_unicode` to it (releasing the reference to the old string object and creating a new :term:`strong reference` to the interned string object), otherwise it leaves - *\*string* alone and interns it (creating a new :term:`strong reference`). + :c:expr:`*p_unicode` alone and interns it (creating a new :term:`strong reference`). (Clarification: even though there is a lot of talk about references, think of this function as reference-neutral; you own the object after the call if and only if you owned it before the call.) -.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_InternFromString(const char *v) +.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_InternFromString(const char *str) A combination of :c:func:`PyUnicode_FromString` and :c:func:`PyUnicode_InternInPlace`, returning either a new Unicode string