How do I get string representation of PyObject in Python3?

Question

I am debugging Python source code (CPython 3.4). I'm receiving a PyObject*. I would like to printf it.

For example (from Objects/floatobject.c of Python 3.4 source code):

PyObject *o_ndigits = NULL;
Py_ssize_t ndigits;

x = PyFloat_AsDouble(v);
if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|O", &o_ndigits))
    return NULL;

How do I printf o_ndigits? It is almost same as this question: Python: get string representation of PyObject?, but for Python3. With original solution, I got "undefined reference to PyString_AsString" error.

Answer 1

Both PyObject_Repr and PyObject_ASCII return a unicode str representation of the object. If your terminal doesn't use UTF-8, you probably want the ASCII escaped representation. Get the multibyte string with PyUnicode_AsUTF8 or PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize. The new implementation in 3.3 caches the UTF-8 byte string, so don't deallocate it after printing.

As to PyString_AsString, that became PyBytes_AsString or PyBytes_AS_STRING for the 3.x bytes type.