Python: get string representation of PyObject?

Question

I\'ve got a C python extension, and I would like to print out some diagnostics.

I\'m receiving a string as a PyObject*.

What\'s the canonical way to obtain a

Answer 1

Try PyObject_Repr (to mimic Python's repr) or PyObject_Str (to mimic Python's str).

Docs:

Compute a string representation of object o. Returns the string representation on success, NULL on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression repr(o). Called by the repr() built-in function.