[Pyrex] How to deal with Obtaining char * from temporary Python value ?

[Greg Ewing]

Mateusz Korniak <mateusz at ant.gliwice.pl>:

> But I get error: Obtaining char * from temporary Python value
> 
> I am aware that I can't rely on that char * , but first thing I do in 
> c_add_item is copy contents of all ptrs, and take care of allocaton issues.
> 
> How should I solve such problem ?

Assign the Python string to a local variable first, e.g.

def add_item(item):
  ...
  name = item.name
  ...
  c_add_item(..., name, ...)

and likewise for other string attributes of item.

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