[ python-Bugs-1518190 ] c_void_pointer should accept a long pointer > 0x7fffffff

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Bugs item #1518190, was opened at 2006-07-06 16:46
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Category: Python Library
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Thomas Heller (theller)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: c_void_pointer should accept a long pointer > 0x7fffffff

Initial Comment:
Mike Fletcher reported this problem:

http://tinyurl.com/esneq

Currently, the c_void_p constructor calls
PyLong_AsVoidPtr(value), in Modules/_ctypes/cfield.c,
near line 1491.

This call should be changed to use either
PyLong_AsUnsignedLongMask() or
PyLong_AsUnsignedLongLongMask() depending on
sizeof(void *), and cast the result to (void *).

This change would also make the c_void_p behaviour more
consistent with the other c_int, c_long and so on
constructors since all of them mask the value to the
number of bits they can accept.

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