[pypy-svn] r50708 - pypy/dist/pypy/rpython/lltypesystem

[arigo at codespeak.net]

Author: arigo
Date: Thu Jan 17 17:04:40 2008
New Revision: 50708

Modified:
   pypy/dist/pypy/rpython/lltypesystem/ll2ctypes.py
Log:
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Modified: pypy/dist/pypy/rpython/lltypesystem/ll2ctypes.py
==============================================================================
--- pypy/dist/pypy/rpython/lltypesystem/ll2ctypes.py	(original)
+++ pypy/dist/pypy/rpython/lltypesystem/ll2ctypes.py	Thu Jan 17 17:04:40 2008
@@ -638,6 +638,8 @@
         raise NotImplementedError("casting %r to %r" % (TYPE1, RESTYPE))
 
     if isinstance(RESTYPE, lltype.Ptr):
+        # upgrade to a more recent ctypes (e.g. 1.0.2) if you get
+        # an OverflowError on the following line.
         cvalue = ctypes.cast(ctypes.c_void_p(cvalue), cresulttype)
     else:
         cvalue = cresulttype(cvalue).value   # mask high bits off if needed