+// included in every file over and over again...
+
+#if PYTHON_API_VERSION >= 1009
+ static char* wxStringErrorMsg = "String or Unicode type required";
+#else
+ static char* wxStringErrorMsg = "String type required";
+#endif
+
+
+wxString* wxString_in_helper(PyObject* source) {
+ wxString* target;
+#if PYTHON_API_VERSION >= 1009 // Have Python unicode API
+ if (!PyString_Check(source) && !PyUnicode_Check(source)) {
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, wxStringErrorMsg);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+#if wxUSE_UNICODE
+ if (PyUnicode_Check(source)) {
+ target = new wxString(PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(source));
+ } else {
+ // It is a string, transform to unicode
+ PyObject *tempUniStr = PyObject_Unicode(source);
+ target = new wxString(PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(tempUniStr));
+ Py_DECREF(tempUniStr);
+ }
+#else
+ char* tmpPtr; int tmpSize;
+ if (PyString_AsStringAndSize(source, &tmpPtr, &tmpSize) == -1) {
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Unable to convert string");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ target = new wxString(tmpPtr, tmpSize);
+#endif // wxUSE_UNICODE
+
+#else // No Python unicode API (1.5.2)
+ if (!PyString_Check(source)) {
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, wxStringErrorMsg);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ target = new wxString(PyString_AS_STRING(source), PyString_GET_SIZE(source));
+#endif
+ return target;
+}
+