[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:
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 Blocking:                            |  Operating System:  All
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Comment (by olly):

 I've committed progress so far in r17505.

 Still need to stop str being accepted for unserialise() methods, and "make
 check" currently fails (though I have updated a lot of the testsuite for
 the "return bytes" change).

 One issue I'm unsure on - should {{{Xapian::version_string()}}} really
 return a bytes string?  It seems it's more a meta-data thing than really
 part of the Xapian API, so perhaps shouldn't be included in the
 "everything returns bytes" rule.

 Perhaps we should rework all the version stuff for python - being able to
 get a string or a tuple would feel more natural I think, but currently we
 offer a byte string, or 3 integer components (each via a separate
 function).  {{{sys.version}}} and {{{sys.version_info}}} seems a good
 model.
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