Bug#538723: python-apt: Please allow a way to get "raw" data for a tag
On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 05:18:01PM +0200, John Wright wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 05:04:34PM +0200, John Wright wrote:
> > Package: python-apt
> > Version: 0.7.11.0
> > Severity: wishlist
> > Tags: patch
> >
> > There are times when it would be nice to get the raw data for a tag,
> > without any white space stripped off the front. For example, see
> > #538376, where we would like to know if the data started with a newline.
> >
> > I have attached a patch that adds a FindRaw method to TagSection.
I'll add it as "find_raw()" in 0.7.92 (aka 0.8 Beta 1), which should
hit experimental a few days after the release of apt 0.7.22 (which
should happen within the next weeks).
> --- a/python/tag.cc
> +++ b/python/tag.cc
> + char *Default = 0;
> + if (PyArg_ParseTuple(Args,"s|z",&Name,&Default) == 0)
> + return 0;
By the way, Default should just be any Python object. There's no
need to restrict the user from passing what he wants to.
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