(from stdlib-sig) ctypes or struct from an h file

[Diez B. Roggisch]

geremy condra schrieb:
> On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Diez B. Roggisch <deets at nospam.web.de> wrote:
>> Yuvgoog Greenle schrieb:
>>> Is there a way that Python and C can have a shared definition for a
>>> binary data structure?
>>>
>>> It could be nice if:
>>> 1. struct or ctypes had a function that could parse a .h/.c/.cpp file
>>> to auto-generate constructors
>>> or
>>> 2. a ctypes definition could be exported to a .h file.
>>>
>>> So my question is - is there a way to do this in the std-lib or even pypi?
>>>
>>>
>>> --yuv
>>>
>>>
>>> ps If this doesn't exist, then I'm probably going to open a project
>>> and would like some tips/ideas.
>>
>> gccxml can be used to do this, there is a ctypes utilities module that works
>> with the output of gccxml.
>>
>> Diez
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> 
> Found this: http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/ctypes/old/codegen.html
> which I take to be the module you're talking about. From the docs it doesn't
> appear to have worked with gccxml since before 0.6, which is more than 5
> years old. Am I at the wrong place?

Nope, that's it. I don't understand what you mean with "since before 
0.6" - all I can say is I got it working last year with a GCC 3.X or 4.x 
project.

Diez