ctypes - python2.7.3 vs python3.2.3

[John Gordon]

In <18eb8025-7545-4d10-9e76-2e41deaadb69 at googlegroups.com> Rolf <rolfb at personalized-books.com> writes:

> uint32_t myfunction (char ** _mydata)
> {
>    char mydata[16];

>    strcpy(mydata, "Hello Dude!");

>    *_mydata = mydata;

>    return 0;
> }

mydata is an auto variable, which goes out of scope when myfunction()
exits.  *_mydata ends up pointing to garbage.

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