[stdlib-sig] ctypes or struct from an h file

[Benjamin Peterson]

2009/10/18 Yuvgoog Greenle <ubershmekel at gmail.com>:
> 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?

No, not in the stldlib. There is a tool which read .h files and
converted them to ctypes code, but I'm not sure of its status.

BTW, please ask questions like this on python-list next time.



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Regards,
Benjamin