[Python-checkins] r54699 - python/trunk/Doc/lib/libctypes.tex
andrew.kuchling
python-checkins at python.org
Fri Apr 6 03:12:00 CEST 2007
Author: andrew.kuchling
Date: Fri Apr 6 03:11:58 2007
New Revision: 54699
Modified:
python/trunk/Doc/lib/libctypes.tex
Log:
Some grammar fixes
Modified: python/trunk/Doc/lib/libctypes.tex
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Doc/lib/libctypes.tex (original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/lib/libctypes.tex Fri Apr 6 03:11:58 2007
@@ -7,21 +7,21 @@
\versionadded{2.5}
\code{ctypes} is a foreign function library for Python. It provides C
-compatible data types, and allows to call functions in dlls/shared
+compatible data types, and allows calling functions in dlls/shared
libraries. It can be used to wrap these libraries in pure Python.
\subsection{ctypes tutorial\label{ctypes-ctypes-tutorial}}
-Note: The code samples in this tutorial uses \code{doctest} to make sure
+Note: The code samples in this tutorial use \code{doctest} to make sure
that they actually work. Since some code samples behave differently
under Linux, Windows, or Mac OS X, they contain doctest directives in
comments.
-Note: Quite some code samples references the ctypes \class{c{\_}int} type.
+Note: Some code sample references the ctypes \class{c{\_}int} type.
This type is an alias to the \class{c{\_}long} type on 32-bit systems. So,
you should not be confused if \class{c{\_}long} is printed if you would
-expect \class{c{\_}int} - they are actually the same type.
+expect \class{c{\_}int} --- they are actually the same type.
\subsubsection{Loading dynamic link libraries\label{ctypes-loading-dynamic-link-libraries}}
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
automatically raise \class{WindowsError} Python exceptions when the
function call fails.
-Here are some examples for Windows, note that \code{msvcrt} is the MS
+Here are some examples for Windows. Note that \code{msvcrt} is the MS
standard C library containing most standard C functions, and uses the
cdecl calling convention:
\begin{verbatim}
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