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

[exarkun at twistedmatrix.com]

On 08:13 pm, 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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ctypes_configure can do this, too, doesn't require gccxml, and works 
with non-gcc compilers.

Jean-Paul