[Pythonmac-SIG] calldll MAXARGS

[Georges Martin]

On 26/11/99 at 16:44, jack@oratrix.nl (Jack Jansen) wrote:

> > I am currently trying to use calldll, but I ran into an annoying limitation:
> > calldll.newcall() only accepts 8 arguments for the C function.
[...]
> At the very least you'll also have to change the various initializers for 
> stackvariables (like c_arg in cdc_call() and argconv in cdll_newcall()), and 
> of course the call of (*func) in cdc_call().

Grumpf... I missed this "call of (*func) in cdc_call()". I will try. 

> But I'm surprised that there are toolbox calls that have more than 8 
> arguments. What is the maximum number you have come across?
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This one comes from TextCommon.h:

"""
EXTERN_API_C( OSStatus )
GetTextEncodingName     (TextEncoding       iEncoding,
                        TextEncodingNameSelector    iNamePartSelector,
                        RegionCode          iPreferredRegion,
                        TextEncoding        iPreferredEncoding,
                        ByteCount           iOutputBufLen,
                        ByteCount *         oNameLength,
                        RegionCode *        oActualRegion, /* can be NULL */
                        TextEncoding *      oActualEncoding, /* can be NULL */
                        TextPtr             oEncodingName);
"""
GetTextEncodingName = calldll.newcall(\
        TC.GetTextEncodingName, 'Long', \
        'InLong', 'InLong', 'InShort', 'InLong', 'InByte', \
        'OutByte', 'OutShort', 'OutLong', 'OutPstring'\
    )


Thanks, 

Georges Martin