32 bit unicode not supported on MacOS, fixes issue #560.12.9

reported by (David Tagatac)

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/compat.py b/compat.py
index 23cd968..3a4af90 100644
--- a/compat.py
+++ b/compat.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 import sys
 import os
 import types
+import sysconfig
 
 try:
     from ruamel.ordereddict import ordereddict  # type: ignore
@@ -36,6 +37,12 @@ except:
 PY2 = sys.version_info[0] == 2
 PY3 = sys.version_info[0] == 3
 
+# 4 if 32 bit unicode supported, 2 e.g. on MacOS (issue 56)
+UNICODE_SIZE = sysconfig.get_config_vars().get(
+    'SIZEOF_WCHAR_T',
+    sysconfig.get_config_vars().get('Py_UNICODE_SIZE', 4))
+
+
 if PY3:
     def utf8(s):
         return s