swig snipe (was Re: [pyicu-dev] getCollationKey)

[Jim Fulton]

Andi Vajda wrote:
> 
>> It's great to see a Python binding for ICU underway!
> 
> Thanks, it's definitely work in progress.
> 
>> Is the getCollationKey method of collators usable?  If so, how
>> is it called?
> 
> 
> You found a bug. I fixed in rev 47. Here is how you'd use it:
> 
>>>> from PyICU import *
>>>> c=Collator.createInstance()
>>>> ck=CollationKey()
>>>> ck1=CollationKey()
>>>> c.getCollationKey('a string', ck)

This is a swig-onic api.  A Pythonic api would, of course be:

 >>> ck = c.getCollationKey('a string')

which is much better IMO.

Jim

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