c_char, c_char_p objects and c_char array structure fields return

their value now as str, no longer str8.

Lib/ctypes/test/test_buffers.py

@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ class StringBufferTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         b = create_string_buffer(32)
         self.failUnlessEqual(len(b), 32)
         self.failUnlessEqual(sizeof(b), 32 * sizeof(c_char))
-        self.failUnless(type(b[0]) is str8)
+        self.failUnless(type(b[0]) is str)
 
         b = create_string_buffer("abc")
         self.failUnlessEqual(len(b), 4) # trailing nul char
         self.failUnlessEqual(sizeof(b), 4 * sizeof(c_char))
-        self.failUnless(type(b[0]) is str8)
+        self.failUnless(type(b[0]) is str)
         self.failUnlessEqual(b[0], "a")
         self.failUnlessEqual(b[:], "abc\0")
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class StringBufferTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         b = create_string_buffer("abc")
         self.failUnlessEqual(len(b), 4) # trailing nul char
         self.failUnlessEqual(sizeof(b), 4 * sizeof(c_char))
-        self.failUnless(type(b[0]) is str8)
+        self.failUnless(type(b[0]) is str)
         self.failUnlessEqual(b[0], "a")
         self.failUnlessEqual(b[:], "abc\0")
 

Lib/ctypes/test/test_bytes.py

@@ -29,14 +29,18 @@ class BytesTest(unittest.TestCase):
             _fields_ = [("a", c_char * 3)]
 
         X("abc")
-        X(b"abc")
+        x = X(b"abc")
+        self.assertEqual(x.a, "abc")
+        self.assertEqual(type(x.a), str)
 
     def test_struct_W(self):
         class X(Structure):
             _fields_ = [("a", c_wchar * 3)]
 
         X("abc")
-        X(b"abc")
+        x = X(b"abc")
+        self.assertEqual(x.a, "abc")
+        self.assertEqual(type(x.a), str)
 
     if sys.platform == "win32":
         def test_BSTR(self):

Lib/ctypes/test/test_objects.py

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ assigned from Python must be kept.
 >>> array._objects
 {'4': b'foo bar'}
 >>> array[4]
-s'foo bar'
+'foo bar'
 >>>
 
 It gets more complicated when the ctypes instance itself is contained

Lib/ctypes/test/test_random_things.py

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class CallbackTracbackTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         out = self.capture_stderr(cb, "spam")
         self.failUnlessEqual(out.splitlines()[-1],
                              "TypeError: "
-                             "unsupported operand type(s) for /: 'int' and 'str8'")
+                             "unsupported operand type(s) for /: 'int' and 'str'")
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()

Lib/ctypes/test/test_repr.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class ReprTest(unittest.TestCase):
             self.failUnlessEqual("<X object at", repr(typ(42))[:12])
 
     def test_char(self):
-        self.failUnlessEqual("c_char(s'x')", repr(c_char('x')))
+        self.failUnlessEqual("c_char('x')", repr(c_char('x')))
         self.failUnlessEqual("<X object at", repr(X('x'))[:12])
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

Lib/ctypes/test/test_slicing.py

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class SlicesTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         dll.my_strdup.errcheck = errcheck
         try:
             res = dll.my_strdup(s)
-            self.failUnlessEqual(res, s)
+            self.failUnlessEqual(res, str(s))
         finally:
             del dll.my_strdup.errcheck