Bug#538723: python-apt: Please allow a way to get "raw" data for a tag
On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 06:10:39PM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> 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).
Great, thanks! Do you know when it might find its way into unstable?
> > --- 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.
Ah, that makes sense. But I just cut and pasted from the implementation
of the Find method...
--
John Wright <jsw@debian.org>
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