ctypes is a popular CPython extension planned for inclusion in Python 2.5. It is a foreign function interface library.
Homepage: http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/ctypes/ Documentation: http://docs.python.org/dev/lib/module-ctypes.html I would like to announce a preliminary implementation of ctypes for IronPython using .NET's P/Invoke machinery. Code is here: http://sparcs.kaist.ac.kr/~tinuviel/fepy/lib/ctypes.py Example is here: http://sparcs.kaist.ac.kr/~tinuviel/fepy/example/ctypes_test.py The example can be run on IronPython as well as on CPython. What's missing: * Many primitive types * .value on primitive types * Buffers and .raw * Pointer and .contents * Reference * Array * Structure and union and .offset * Recursive type * Callback * External value * Windows goodies In short, everything except those needed to demo anything interesting. :-) But you can do this now: IronPython 1.0.60523 (Beta) on .NET 2.0.50727.42 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. >>> from ctypes import * >>> print cdll.msvcrt.strlen('hello') 5 >>> Enjoy! Seo Sanghyeon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
