Strings and atoms

[triska]

An example in the README:

py_run_simple_string('x = 10').

The predicate name says "string", yet 'x = 10' is an atom.

In addition, the README mentions that Python strings are converted to Prolog atoms.

Would it be good to convert Python strings to Prolog strings (lists of characters)? One advantage would be that strings can be very conveniently processed with DCGs.

[jjtolton]

@triska Yes this is a great catch, this should be fixed shortly.

[jjtolton]

I may have added automation to check the documentation for regressions on this, and I may have added tests to ensure that all the public facing APIs which should take strings must take strings and throw errors when they do not. I may have also added configuration validators and put those in the initialization routine.

I have NOT had time to verify that they all work as intended 😓, but the scaffolding is there.