Add 8-bit chr() back as chr8().

diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
index 7d52e2bd622e35e95542c389b73e1e3169899f04..093bb8114ff2f15daceffb41ffab464154f51078 100644 (file)
--- a/Python/bltinmodule.c
+++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c
@@ -377,6 +377,29 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(filter_doc,
 "or string, return the same type, else return a list.");
 
 
+static PyObject *
+builtin_chr(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+       long x;
+       char s[1];
+
+       if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "l:chr8", &x))
+               return NULL;
+       if (x < 0 || x >= 256) {
+               PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
+                               "chr8() arg not in range(256)");
+               return NULL;
+       }
+       s[0] = (char)x;
+       return PyString_FromStringAndSize(s, 1);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(chr_doc,
+"chr8(i) -> 8-bit character\n\
+\n\
+Return a string of one character with ordinal i; 0 <= i < 256.");
+
+
 static PyObject *
 builtin_unichr(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
@@ -2223,6 +2246,7 @@ static PyMethodDef builtin_methods[] = {
        {"any",         builtin_any,        METH_O, any_doc},
        {"callable",    builtin_callable,   METH_O, callable_doc},
        {"chr",         builtin_unichr,     METH_VARARGS, unichr_doc},
+       {"chr8",        builtin_chr,        METH_VARARGS, chr_doc},
        {"cmp",         builtin_cmp,        METH_VARARGS, cmp_doc},
        {"compile",     (PyCFunction)builtin_compile,    METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, compile_doc},
        {"delattr",     builtin_delattr,    METH_VARARGS, delattr_doc},