[pypy-dev] Pypy and app-level ctypes

[Martijn Faassen]

Maciek Fijalkowski wrote:
> As a discussion regarding pypy being production-ready heats a bit, I've 
> go a practical question:
> 
> How useful would be to have app-level ctypes for pypy? Another question 
> how less useful it would be if it won't provide python-api part (which 
> would be as easy to provide as C-level bindings for CPython I think)? 
> Also how much helps situation the fact that we have ctypes_platform 
> thingie, which would help you to take away platform dependencies (ie 
> will ask gcc for correct sizes of certain types, structures, #defs etc.)

If you're asking people like me, I'm afraid don't understand the details 
enough to answer that one. Could you elaborate a bit more (if indeed you 
are addressing people like me)?

I think I understand you're asking whether it'd be useful if you could 
write ctypes-based software in software being run by the PyPy 
interpreter, but I don't know what you mean by not providing the 
python-api part.

Regards,

Martijn