# ticket: 99 cdef char c = 'c' cdef char* s = 'abcdef' def global_c_and_s(): """ >>> global_c_and_s() 99 abcdef """ pys = s print c print (pys.decode(u'ASCII')) def local_c_and_s(): """ >>> local_c_and_s() 98 bcdefg """ cdef char c = 'b' cdef char* s = 'bcdefg' pys = s print c print (pys.decode(u'ASCII'))