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More doc fixes.

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Thomas Heller 2008-06-11 18:10:43 +00:00
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@ -721,6 +721,8 @@ would cause the pointer to point to the memory location where this is stored::
c_long(99)
>>>
.. XXX Document dereferencing pointers, and that it is preferred over the .contents attribute.
Pointer instances can also be indexed with integers::
>>> pi[0]
@ -767,7 +769,7 @@ Calling the pointer type without an argument creates a ``NULL`` pointer.
>>>
``ctypes`` checks for ``NULL`` when dereferencing pointers (but dereferencing
non-\ ``NULL`` pointers would crash Python)::
invalid non-\ ``NULL`` pointers would crash Python)::
>>> null_ptr[0]
Traceback (most recent call last):
@ -813,9 +815,9 @@ To set a POINTER type field to ``NULL``, you can assign ``None``::
>>> bar.values = None
>>>
XXX list other conversions...
.. XXX list other conversions...
Sometimes you have instances of incompatible types. In ``C``, you can cast one
Sometimes you have instances of incompatible types. In C, you can cast one
type into another type. ``ctypes`` provides a ``cast`` function which can be
used in the same way. The ``Bar`` structure defined above accepts
``POINTER(c_int)`` pointers or :class:`c_int` arrays for its ``values`` field,
@ -1072,7 +1074,7 @@ crashing your program when a callback is made.
Accessing values exported from dlls
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Sometimes, a dll not only exports functions, it also exports variables. An
Some shared libraries not only export functions, they also export variables. An
example in the Python library itself is the ``Py_OptimizeFlag``, an integer set
to 0, 1, or 2, depending on the :option:`-O` or :option:`-OO` flag given on
startup.
@ -1248,17 +1250,6 @@ dynamic nature of Python, and (re-)define the data type after the required size
is already known, on a case by case basis.
.. _ctypes-bugs-todo-non-implemented-things:
Bugs, ToDo and non-implemented things
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Enumeration types are not implemented. You can do it easily yourself, using
:class:`c_int` as the base class.
``long double`` is not implemented.
.. _ctypes-ctypes-reference:
ctypes reference