efl.ecore.x: Unicode handling

efl/ecore/x.pyx

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #from cpython cimport PyObject, Py_INCREF, Py_DECREF
 from cpython cimport PyMem_Malloc, PyMem_Free
+from libc.string cimport PyUnicode_AsUTF8String
 
 
 def init(name=None):
@@ -25,13 +26,9 @@ def init(name=None):
     :param name: display target name, if None, default will be used.
     :rtype: int
     """
-    cdef char *s
     cdef int i
-    if name is None:
-        s = NULL
-    else:
-        s = name
-    i = ecore_x_init(s)
+    if isinstance(name, unicode): name = PyUnicode_AsUTF8String(name)
+    i = ecore_x_init(s if name is not None else NULL)
     x_events_register()
     return i
 

efl/ecore/x_events.pxi

@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@
 # along with this Python-EFL.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 from efl.ecore cimport EventHandler
+from efl.utils.conversions cimport _ctouni as _charp_to_str
 
-cdef object _charp_to_str(const char *p):
-    if p != NULL:
-        return p
-    else:
-        return None
+# cdef object _charp_to_str(const char *p):
+#     if p != NULL:
+#         return p
+#     else:
+#         return None
 
 
 cdef class EventKey(Event):