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

[Yuvgoog Greenle]

Please nobody reply to this thread, I'm forwarding to python-list.

On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org> wrote:
> 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
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