[pyicu-dev] Bug in Python 4-byte to ICU UChar?

[Jim Fulton]

Andi Vajda wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Jim Fulton wrote:
> 
>> Andi Vajda wrote:
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>>>
>> ...
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>>> Indeed, this is a bug. Is u_strFromUTF32() compatible with Python's 4 
>>> byte unicode ? If so the fix should be simple. If not, what are the 
>>> differences and how are they bridged ?
>>
>>
>> You're asking me? :)
>>
>> I'm as confident that 4-byte Python unicode is compatible with UChar32
>> as I am that 2-byte Python unicode is compatible with UChar, which is to
>> say about 90%. ;)
> 
> 
> With that 90% assumption in mind, I made the change you suggested. Since 
> I'm not near a 4 byte unicode python installation (my mac's is 2 byte), 
> could you please try the attached patch out ?

Um, sure. I found this through code inspection.  I'll have to construct
a test case of some sort that fails without the patch and suceeds after
on a Python built with 4-byte unicode.  Wish me luck. :)

Jim

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