Marc-Andre Lemburg:

The attached patch set includes a workaround to get Python with
Unicode compile on BSDI 4.x (courtesy Thomas Wouters; the cause
is a bug in the BSDI wchar.h header file) and Python interfaces
for the MBCS codec donated by Mark Hammond.

Also included are some minor corrections w/r to the docs of
the new "es" and "es#" parser markers (use PyMem_Free() instead
of free(); thanks to Mark Hammond for finding these).

The unicodedata tests are now in a separate file
(test_unicodedata.py) to avoid problems if the module cannot
be found.

Include/unicodeobject.h

@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ Unicode Integration Proposal (see file Misc/unicode.txt).
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_WCHAR_H
+/* Work around a cosmetic bug in BSDI 4.x wchar.h; thanks to Thomas Wouters */
+# ifdef _HAVE_BSDI
+#  include <time.h>
+# endif
 # include "wchar.h"
 #endif
 
@@ -562,7 +566,9 @@ extern DL_IMPORT(PyObject *) PyUnicode_TranslateCharmap(
     );
 
 #ifdef MS_WIN32
+
 /* --- MBCS codecs for Windows -------------------------------------------- */
+
 extern DL_IMPORT(PyObject*) PyUnicode_DecodeMBCS(
     const char *string,         /* MBCS encoded string */
     int length,                 /* size of string */
@@ -579,8 +585,8 @@ extern DL_IMPORT(PyObject*) PyUnicode_EncodeMBCS(
     const char *errors          /* error handling */
     );
 
-
 #endif /* MS_WIN32 */
+
 /* --- Methods & Slots ----------------------------------------------------
 
    These are capable of handling Unicode objects and strings on input

Lib/encodings/mbcs.py

@@ -34,4 +34,3 @@ class StreamConverter(StreamWriter,StreamReader):
 def getregentry():
 
     return (Codec.encode,Codec.decode,StreamReader,StreamWriter)
-

Lib/test/output/test_unicode

 test_unicode
 Testing Unicode comparisons... done.
+Testing Unicode contains method... done.
 Testing Unicode formatting strings... done.
-Testing unicodedata module... done.
+Testing builtin codecs... done.

Lib/test/output/test_unicodedata

+test_unicodedata
+Testing unicodedata module... done.

Lib/test/test_unicode.py

 """ Test script for the Unicode implementation.
 
-
 Written by Marc-Andre Lemburg (mal@lemburg.com).
 
 (c) Copyright CNRI, All Rights Reserved. NO WARRANTY.
@@ -250,50 +249,6 @@ assert u"%(x)s, %(y)s" % {'x':u"abc", 'y':"def"} == u'abc, def'
 assert u"%(x)s, %()s" % {'x':u"abc", u''.encode('utf-8'):"def"} == u'abc, def'
 print 'done.'
 
-# Test Unicode database APIs
-try:
-    import unicodedata
-except ImportError:
-    pass
-else:
-    print 'Testing unicodedata module...',
-    
-    assert unicodedata.digit(u'A',None) is None
-    assert unicodedata.digit(u'9') == 9
-    assert unicodedata.digit(u'\u215b',None) is None
-    assert unicodedata.digit(u'\u2468') == 9
-
-    assert unicodedata.numeric(u'A',None) is None
-    assert unicodedata.numeric(u'9') == 9
-    assert unicodedata.numeric(u'\u215b') == 0.125
-    assert unicodedata.numeric(u'\u2468') == 9.0
-
-    assert unicodedata.decimal(u'A',None) is None
-    assert unicodedata.decimal(u'9') == 9
-    assert unicodedata.decimal(u'\u215b',None) is None
-    assert unicodedata.decimal(u'\u2468',None) is None
-
-    assert unicodedata.category(u'\uFFFE') == 'Cn'
-    assert unicodedata.category(u'a') == 'Ll'
-    assert unicodedata.category(u'A') == 'Lu'
-
-    assert unicodedata.bidirectional(u'\uFFFE') == ''
-    assert unicodedata.bidirectional(u' ') == 'WS'
-    assert unicodedata.bidirectional(u'A') == 'L'
-
-    assert unicodedata.decomposition(u'\uFFFE') == ''
-    assert unicodedata.decomposition(u'\u00bc') == '<fraction> 0031 2044 0034'
-
-    assert unicodedata.mirrored(u'\uFFFE') == 0
-    assert unicodedata.mirrored(u'a') == 0
-    assert unicodedata.mirrored(u'\u2201') == 1
-
-    assert unicodedata.combining(u'\uFFFE') == 0
-    assert unicodedata.combining(u'a') == 0
-    assert unicodedata.combining(u'\u20e1') == 230
-    
-    print 'done.'
-
 # Test builtin codecs
 print 'Testing builtin codecs...',
 

Lib/test/test_unicodedata.py

+""" Test script for the unicodedata module.
+
+Written by Marc-Andre Lemburg (mal@lemburg.com).
+
+(c) Copyright CNRI, All Rights Reserved. NO WARRANTY.
+
+"""#"
+from test_support import verbose
+import sys
+
+# Test Unicode database APIs
+import unicodedata
+
+print 'Testing unicodedata module...',
+
+assert unicodedata.digit(u'A',None) is None
+assert unicodedata.digit(u'9') == 9
+assert unicodedata.digit(u'\u215b',None) is None
+assert unicodedata.digit(u'\u2468') == 9
+
+assert unicodedata.numeric(u'A',None) is None
+assert unicodedata.numeric(u'9') == 9
+assert unicodedata.numeric(u'\u215b') == 0.125
+assert unicodedata.numeric(u'\u2468') == 9.0
+
+assert unicodedata.decimal(u'A',None) is None
+assert unicodedata.decimal(u'9') == 9
+assert unicodedata.decimal(u'\u215b',None) is None
+assert unicodedata.decimal(u'\u2468',None) is None
+
+assert unicodedata.category(u'\uFFFE') == 'Cn'
+assert unicodedata.category(u'a') == 'Ll'
+assert unicodedata.category(u'A') == 'Lu'
+
+assert unicodedata.bidirectional(u'\uFFFE') == ''
+assert unicodedata.bidirectional(u' ') == 'WS'
+assert unicodedata.bidirectional(u'A') == 'L'
+
+assert unicodedata.decomposition(u'\uFFFE') == ''
+assert unicodedata.decomposition(u'\u00bc') == '<fraction> 0031 2044 0034'
+
+assert unicodedata.mirrored(u'\uFFFE') == 0
+assert unicodedata.mirrored(u'a') == 0
+assert unicodedata.mirrored(u'\u2201') == 1
+
+assert unicodedata.combining(u'\uFFFE') == 0
+assert unicodedata.combining(u'a') == 0
+assert unicodedata.combining(u'\u20e1') == 230
+
+print 'done.'

Misc/unicode.txt

@@ -740,8 +740,8 @@ These markers are used by the PyArg_ParseTuple() APIs:
 	On output, a buffer of the needed size is allocated and
 	returned through *buffer as NULL-terminated string.
 	The encoded may not contain embedded NULL characters.
-	The caller is responsible for free()ing the allocated *buffer
-	after usage.
+	The caller is responsible for calling PyMem_Free()
+	to free the allocated *buffer after usage.
 
   "es#":
 	Takes three parameters: encoding (const char *),
@@ -755,8 +755,9 @@ These markers are used by the PyArg_ParseTuple() APIs:
 
 	If *buffer is NULL, a buffer of the needed size is
 	allocated and output copied into it. *buffer is then
-	updated to point to the allocated memory area. The caller
-	is responsible for free()ing *buffer after usage.
+	updated to point to the allocated memory area.
+	The caller is responsible for calling PyMem_Free()
+	to free the allocated *buffer after usage.
 
 	In both cases *buffer_len is updated to the number of
 	characters written (excluding the trailing NULL-byte).
@@ -784,7 +785,7 @@ Using "es#" with auto-allocation:
 	    return NULL;
 	}
 	str = PyString_FromStringAndSize(buffer, buffer_len);
-	free(buffer);
+	PyMem_Free(buffer);
 	return str;
     }
 
@@ -807,7 +808,7 @@ Using "es" with auto-allocation returning a NULL-terminated string:
 	    return NULL;
 	}
 	str = PyString_FromString(buffer);
-	free(buffer);
+	PyMem_Free(buffer);
 	return str;
     }
 

Modules/_codecsmodule.c

@@ -286,6 +286,26 @@ charmap_decode(PyObject *self,
 		       size);
 }
 
+#ifdef MS_WIN32
+
+static PyObject *
+mbcs_decode(PyObject *self,
+	    PyObject *args)
+{
+    const char *data;
+    int size;
+    const char *errors = NULL;
+    
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "t#|z:mbcs_decode",
+			  &data, &size, &errors))
+	return NULL;
+
+    return codec_tuple(PyUnicode_DecodeMBCS(data, size, errors),
+		       size);
+}
+
+#endif /* MS_WIN32 */
+
 /* --- Encoder ------------------------------------------------------------ */
 
 static PyObject *
@@ -491,6 +511,28 @@ charmap_encode(PyObject *self,
 		       PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(str));
 }
 
+#ifdef MS_WIN32
+
+static PyObject *
+mbcs_encode(PyObject *self,
+	    PyObject *args)
+{
+    PyObject *str;
+    const char *errors = NULL;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "U|z:mbcs_encode",
+			  &str, &errors))
+	return NULL;
+
+    return codec_tuple(PyUnicode_EncodeMBCS(
+			       PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(str), 
+			       PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(str),
+			       errors),
+		       PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(str));
+}
+
+#endif /* MS_WIN32 */
+
 /* --- Module API --------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 static PyMethodDef _codecs_functions[] = {
@@ -519,6 +561,10 @@ static PyMethodDef _codecs_functions[] = {
     {"charmap_decode", 		charmap_decode,			1},
     {"readbuffer_encode",	readbuffer_encode,		1},
     {"charbuffer_encode",	charbuffer_encode,		1},
+#ifdef MS_WIN32
+    {"mbcs_encode", 		mbcs_encode,			1},
+    {"mbcs_decode", 		mbcs_decode,			1},
+#endif
     {NULL, NULL}		/* sentinel */
 };
 

Python/getargs.c

@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ convertsimple1(arg, p_format, p_va)
 				   the data copied into it; *buffer is
 				   updated to point to the new buffer;
 				   the caller is responsible for
-				   free()ing it after usage
+				   PyMem_Free()ing it after usage
 
 				   - if *buffer is not NULL, the data
 				   is copied to *buffer; *buffer_len
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ convertsimple1(arg, p_format, p_va)
 				   is allocated and the data copied
 				   into it; *buffer is updated to
 				   point to the new buffer; the caller
-				   is responsible for free()ing it
+				   is responsible for PyMem_Free()ing it
 				   after usage
 
 				 */