ctypes pointer

[Thomas Heller]

mclaugb schrieb:
> I have a simple function
> 
> void adder(double a, double b, double *c){
> *c = a+b;
> }
> 
> i have created a shared dll -- "small_dll4.dll" of it using visual studio.
> 
> now i wish to call it from python.
> to do so, i have done the following:
> 
> libx = cdll("small_dll4.dll", RTLD_GLOBAL)
> libx.adder.argtypes = [c_double, c_double, POINTER(c_double)]
> libx.adder.restype = None
> size=c_double()
> zz=libd.adder(3.342, 4, byref(size))
> 
> and the result is an access violation!
> 
>   File "<console>", line 0, in __main__
> WindowsError: exception: access violation reading 0x7EF9DB23
> 
> I cant figure out what is causing this.

That should work (and works for me, of course).
Do you have a typo in the above code?  libd instead of libx?

Thomas