[pypy-issue] [issue1233] str() types can't be used with ctypes's py_object()

[Marcus von Appen]

New submission from Marcus von Appen <mva at sysfault.org>:

Passing string objects to e.g. CFUNCTYPE callbacks via ctypes can currently only be
achieved using CPython, since pypy's implementation insists on using weakref'able
types for py_object() capsules.

Python 2.7.2 (341e1e3821fff77db3bb5cdb7a4851626298c44e, Jul 19 2012, 17:26:59)
[PyPy 1.9.0] on freebsd9
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>>>> from ctypes import *
>>>> p = "Hello"
>>>> objp = py_object(p)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/lib/pypy1.9/lib_pypy/_ctypes/primitive.py", line 312, in __init__
    self.value = value
  File "/usr/local/lib/pypy1.9/lib_pypy/_ctypes/primitive.py", line 214, in _setvalue
    num = pyobj_container.add(val)
  File "/usr/local/lib/pypy1.9/lib_pypy/_ctypes/primitive.py", line 56, in add
    self.objs.append(weakref.ref(obj))
TypeError: cannot create weak reference to 'str' object

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messages: 4650
nosy: marcusva, pypy-issue
priority: bug
release: 1.9
status: unread
title: str() types can't be used with ctypes's py_object()

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