Function process_stringlike

numpy/core/src/multiarray/textreading/stream_pyobject.c:45–64

* Helper function to support byte objects as well as unicode strings. * * NOTE: Steals a reference to `str` (although usually returns it unmodified). */

 * NOTE: Steals a reference to `str` (although usually returns it unmodified).
 */
static inline PyObject *
process_stringlike(PyObject *str, const char *encoding)
{
    if (PyBytes_Check(str)) {
        PyObject *ustr;
        ustr = PyUnicode_FromEncodedObject(str, encoding, NULL);
        if (ustr == NULL) {
            return NULL;
        }
        Py_DECREF(str);
        return ustr;
    }
    else if (!PyUnicode_Check(str)) {
        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
                "non-string returned while reading data");
        Py_DECREF(str);
        return NULL;
    }
    return str;
}


static inline void