Clarify that PyModule_AddString{Constant,Macro} use utf-8

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#90,120 opened on Dec 2, 2021 2 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 2/5
Estimated time: 1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness: 20/100

Issue type: Documentation
Clarity: Clearly specified
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: c
Domain: documentation

Research direction

Start by locating the C API documentation entries for PyModule_AddStringConstant and PyModule_AddStringMacro, then check how their string encoding is currently described. Done means the relevant documentation clearly states that both APIs use UTF-8; gh-131597 is already linked to this issue.

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docs easy topic-C-API type-feature

BPO	45962
Nosy	@anntzer

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created_at = <Date 2021-12-02.09:15:17.127>
labels = ['expert-C-API', '3.11', 'type-feature', 'docs']
title = 'Clarify that PyModule_AddString{Constant,Macro} use utf-8'
updated_at = <Date 2021-12-03.13:47:51.026>
user = 'https://github.com/anntzer'

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activity = <Date 2021-12-03.13:47:51.026>
actor = 'AlexWaygood'
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closed = False
closed_date = None
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components = ['Documentation', 'C API']
creation = <Date 2021-12-02.09:15:17.127>
creator = 'Antony.Lee'
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issue_num = 45962
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status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue45962'
versions = ['Python 3.11']

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