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<section id="codec-registry-and-support-functions">
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<span id="codec-registry"></span><h1>Codec registry and support functions<a class="headerlink" href="#codec-registry-and-support-functions" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
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<dl class="c function">
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<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyCodec_Register">
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<span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyCodec_Register</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">search_function</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyCodec_Register" title="Link to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
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<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Register a new codec search function.</p>
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<p>As side effect, this tries to load the <code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">encodings</span></code> package, if not yet
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<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyCodec_Unregister">
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<span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyCodec_Unregister</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">search_function</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyCodec_Unregister" title="Link to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
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<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a> since version 3.10.</em><p>Unregister a codec search function and clear the registry’s cache.
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If the search function is not registered, do nothing.
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Return 0 on success. Raise an exception and return -1 on error.</p>
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<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.10.</span></p>
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<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyCodec_KnownEncoding">
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<span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyCodec_KnownEncoding</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">char</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">encoding</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyCodec_KnownEncoding" title="Link to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
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<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code> depending on whether there is a registered codec for
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the given <em>encoding</em>. This function always succeeds.</p>
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<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyCodec_Encode">
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<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyCodec_Encode</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">object</span></span>, <span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">char</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">encoding</span></span>, <span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">char</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">errors</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyCodec_Encode" title="Link to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
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<dd><em class="refcount return_new_ref">Return value: New reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Generic codec based encoding API.</p>
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<p><em>object</em> is passed through the encoder function found for the given
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<em>encoding</em> using the error handling method defined by <em>errors</em>. <em>errors</em> may
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be <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code> to use the default method defined for the codec. Raises a
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<a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#LookupError" title="LookupError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LookupError</span></code></a> if no encoder can be found.</p>
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<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyCodec_Decode">
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<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyCodec_Decode</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">object</span></span>, <span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">char</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">encoding</span></span>, <span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">char</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">errors</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyCodec_Decode" title="Link to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
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<dd><em class="refcount return_new_ref">Return value: New reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Generic codec based decoding API.</p>
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<p><em>object</em> is passed through the decoder function found for the given
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<em>encoding</em> using the error handling method defined by <em>errors</em>. <em>errors</em> may
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be <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code> to use the default method defined for the codec. Raises a
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<a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#LookupError" title="LookupError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LookupError</span></code></a> if no encoder can be found.</p>
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<section id="codec-lookup-api">
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<h2>Codec lookup API<a class="headerlink" href="#codec-lookup-api" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
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<p>In the following functions, the <em>encoding</em> string is looked up converted to all
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lower-case characters, which makes encodings looked up through this mechanism
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effectively case-insensitive. If no codec is found, a <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#KeyError" title="KeyError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">KeyError</span></code></a> is set
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and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code> returned.</p>
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<dl class="c function">
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<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyCodec_Encoder">
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<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyCodec_Encoder</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">char</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">encoding</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyCodec_Encoder" title="Link to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
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<dd><em class="refcount return_new_ref">Return value: New reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Get an encoder function for the given <em>encoding</em>.</p>
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<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyCodec_Decoder">
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<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyCodec_Decoder</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">char</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">encoding</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyCodec_Decoder" title="Link to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
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<dd><em class="refcount return_new_ref">Return value: New reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Get a decoder function for the given <em>encoding</em>.</p>
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<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyCodec_IncrementalEncoder">
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<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyCodec_IncrementalEncoder</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">char</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">encoding</span></span>, <span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">char</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">errors</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyCodec_IncrementalEncoder" title="Link to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
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<dd><em class="refcount return_new_ref">Return value: New reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Get an <a class="reference internal" href="../library/codecs.html#codecs.IncrementalEncoder" title="codecs.IncrementalEncoder"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">IncrementalEncoder</span></code></a> object for the given <em>encoding</em>.</p>
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<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyCodec_IncrementalDecoder">
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<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyCodec_IncrementalDecoder</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">char</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">encoding</span></span>, <span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">char</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">errors</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyCodec_IncrementalDecoder" title="Link to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
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<dd><em class="refcount return_new_ref">Return value: New reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Get an <a class="reference internal" href="../library/codecs.html#codecs.IncrementalDecoder" title="codecs.IncrementalDecoder"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">IncrementalDecoder</span></code></a> object for the given <em>encoding</em>.</p>
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<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyCodec_StreamReader">
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<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyCodec_StreamReader</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">char</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">encoding</span></span>, <a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">stream</span></span>, <span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">char</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">errors</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyCodec_StreamReader" title="Link to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
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<dd><em class="refcount return_new_ref">Return value: New reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Get a <a class="reference internal" href="../library/codecs.html#codecs.StreamReader" title="codecs.StreamReader"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StreamReader</span></code></a> factory function for the given <em>encoding</em>.</p>
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<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyCodec_StreamWriter">
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<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyCodec_StreamWriter</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">char</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">encoding</span></span>, <a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">stream</span></span>, <span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">char</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">errors</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyCodec_StreamWriter" title="Link to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
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<dd><em class="refcount return_new_ref">Return value: New reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Get a <a class="reference internal" href="../library/codecs.html#codecs.StreamWriter" title="codecs.StreamWriter"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StreamWriter</span></code></a> factory function for the given <em>encoding</em>.</p>
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<h2>Registry API for Unicode encoding error handlers<a class="headerlink" href="#registry-api-for-unicode-encoding-error-handlers" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
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<dl class="c function">
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<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyCodec_RegisterError">
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||
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyCodec_RegisterError</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">char</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">name</span></span>, <a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">error</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyCodec_RegisterError" title="Link to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
|
||
<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Register the error handling callback function <em>error</em> under the given <em>name</em>.
|
||
This callback function will be called by a codec when it encounters
|
||
unencodable characters/undecodable bytes and <em>name</em> is specified as the error
|
||
parameter in the call to the encode/decode function.</p>
|
||
<p>The callback gets a single argument, an instance of
|
||
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#UnicodeEncodeError" title="UnicodeEncodeError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">UnicodeEncodeError</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#UnicodeDecodeError" title="UnicodeDecodeError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">UnicodeDecodeError</span></code></a> or
|
||
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#UnicodeTranslateError" title="UnicodeTranslateError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">UnicodeTranslateError</span></code></a> that holds information about the problematic
|
||
sequence of characters or bytes and their offset in the original string (see
|
||
<a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#unicodeexceptions"><span class="std std-ref">Unicode Exception Objects</span></a> for functions to extract this information). The
|
||
callback must either raise the given exception, or return a two-item tuple
|
||
containing the replacement for the problematic sequence, and an integer
|
||
giving the offset in the original string at which encoding/decoding should be
|
||
resumed.</p>
|
||
<p>Return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code> on success, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> on error.</p>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="c function">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyCodec_LookupError">
|
||
<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyCodec_LookupError</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">char</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">name</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyCodec_LookupError" title="Link to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
|
||
<dd><em class="refcount return_new_ref">Return value: New reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Lookup the error handling callback function registered under <em>name</em>. As a
|
||
special case <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code> can be passed, in which case the error handling callback
|
||
for “strict” will be returned.</p>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="c function">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyCodec_StrictErrors">
|
||
<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyCodec_StrictErrors</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">exc</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyCodec_StrictErrors" title="Link to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
|
||
<dd><em class="refcount return_null">Return value: Always NULL.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Raise <em>exc</em> as an exception.</p>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="c function">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyCodec_IgnoreErrors">
|
||
<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyCodec_IgnoreErrors</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">exc</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyCodec_IgnoreErrors" title="Link to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
|
||
<dd><em class="refcount return_new_ref">Return value: New reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Ignore the unicode error, skipping the faulty input.</p>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="c function">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyCodec_ReplaceErrors">
|
||
<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyCodec_ReplaceErrors</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">exc</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyCodec_ReplaceErrors" title="Link to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
|
||
<dd><em class="refcount return_new_ref">Return value: New reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Replace the unicode encode error with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">?</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">U+FFFD</span></code>.</p>
|
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</dd></dl>
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<dl class="c function">
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<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyCodec_XMLCharRefReplaceErrors">
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<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyCodec_XMLCharRefReplaceErrors</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">exc</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyCodec_XMLCharRefReplaceErrors" title="Link to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
|
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<dd><em class="refcount return_new_ref">Return value: New reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Replace the unicode encode error with XML character references.</p>
|
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</dd></dl>
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<dl class="c function">
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<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyCodec_BackslashReplaceErrors">
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<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyCodec_BackslashReplaceErrors</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">exc</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyCodec_BackslashReplaceErrors" title="Link to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
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<dd><em class="refcount return_new_ref">Return value: New reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Replace the unicode encode error with backslash escapes (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">\x</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">\u</span></code> and
|
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<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">\U</span></code>).</p>
|
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<dl class="c function">
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<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyCodec_NameReplaceErrors">
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<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyCodec_NameReplaceErrors</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">exc</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyCodec_NameReplaceErrors" title="Link to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
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