ctypes 0.9.2 released

Max M maxm at mxm.dk
Fri Oct 29 16:15:29 EDT 2004


Ian Bicking wrote:

> Having ctypes in the stdlib would be cool, because it would mean that 
> many C library extension could be installed with no compilation step, 
> since ctypes would already be compiled as part of the default install. 
> Assuming the C library was already installed, but typically C libraries 
> get packaged for distribution long before the associated Python 
> extension is packaged.


ctypes are sweet!

Trying them out, I was surprised how easy it was to do ... well anything.

I am not aware af all the consequences of including it in the standard 
library, but to me it seems like a logical thing to do. It "feels" very 
pythonic.




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