[Python-Dev] PEP 298

[Thomas Heller]

martin@v.loewis.de (Martin v. =?iso-8859-15?q?L=F6wis?=) writes:

> Having looked at the PEP for the first time, I have a number of
> comments:
> 
> - I think there must be a way to obtain the address of the buffer on
>   the Python level, see
> 
>   http://tinyurl.com/3h79
> 
>   Using /dev/poll on Solaris requires a way to create a struct whose
>   address you know.

Do you know my ctypes module? http://tinyurl.com/2tyx

It allows to create Python objects which internally look like C data
types. Able to access and create structures, unions, pointers, and
such. And you do it (IMO) in a natural way.

The released package currently only runs under windows, although I have
a prototype working under Linux.

Thomas