[pypy-commit] pypy ctypes_char_indexing: no string if we're array of char

[Alecsandru Patrascu]

Author: Alecsandru Patrascu <alecsandru.patrascu at rinftech.com>
Branch: ctypes_char_indexing
Changeset: r91551:dd4db811a46e
Date: 2017-05-29 16:25 +0300
http://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/changeset/dd4db811a46e/

Log:	no string if we're array of char

diff --git a/lib_pypy/_ctypes/array.py b/lib_pypy/_ctypes/array.py
--- a/lib_pypy/_ctypes/array.py
+++ b/lib_pypy/_ctypes/array.py
@@ -76,12 +76,6 @@
         return self._type_._alignmentofinstances()
 
     def _CData_output(self, resarray, base=None, index=-1):
-        # this seems to be a string if we're array of char, surprise!
-        from ctypes import c_char, c_wchar
-        if self._type_ is c_char:
-            return _rawffi.charp2string(resarray.buffer, self._length_)
-        if self._type_ is c_wchar:
-            return _rawffi.wcharp2unicode(resarray.buffer, self._length_)
         res = self.__new__(self)
         ffiarray = self._ffiarray.fromaddress(resarray.buffer, self._length_)
         res._buffer = ffiarray