[Xapian-tickets] [Xapian] #346: Python 3 support

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#346: Python 3 support
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 Reporter:  olly                      |             Owner:  richard
     Type:  defect                    |            Status:  assigned
 Priority:  highest                   |         Milestone:  1.3.2
Component:  Xapian-bindings (Python)  |           Version:  SVN trunk
 Severity:  normal                    |        Resolution:
 Keywords:                            |        Blocked By:
 Blocking:                            |  Operating System:  All
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Old description:

> This is what I'm aware of that still needs to be done:
>
>     * Unicode handling needs sorting out properly and not just by
> commenting out testcases which detect the current problems! I think
> Richard has some ideas.
>
>     * I get lots of warnings like:
>
> {{{
> xapian/__init__.py:4221: DeprecationWarning: object.__new__() takes no
> parameters
> }}}
>
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> In ["ToDoFor1.1.0"], Richard wrote:
> > Support for python 3.  May already work, but needs testing, and may
> > need some tweaking.  Could do with someone going through all the
> > places where strings are supplied and returned, and deciding
> > whether the API should expect byte strings or unicode strings (or
> > both).
>
> Assigning to you, since you added it to the list and I don't really know
> what to look for...

New description:

 This is what I'm aware of that still needs to be done:

 As of r17524, the python3 tests all pass (but we've disabled
 "postingsource" under threads because it segfaults for currently unknown
 reasons - all the testcases are run without threads and pass, and then
 again with threads and we get this failure).

  * Reject str from unserialise methods
  * Return str for {{{version_string()}}}
  * Check and update examples
  * Check and update docs
  * Resolve why postingsource testcase segfaults under threads

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 In ["ToDoFor1.1.0"], Richard wrote:
 > Support for python 3.  May already work, but needs testing, and may
 > need some tweaking.  Could do with someone going through all the
 > places where strings are supplied and returned, and deciding
 > whether the API should expect byte strings or unicode strings (or
 > both).

 Assigning to you, since you added it to the list and I don't really know
 what to look for...

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Comment (by olly):

 Implemented {{{xapian.__version__}}} (for 2 and 3) in r17521, and
 documented 3.2 as the minimum supported version in r17522.

 Updated the todo list in the description.
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Ticket URL: <http://trac.xapian.org/ticket/346#comment:68>
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