(from stdlib-sig) ctypes or struct from an h file

2009-10-18 Thread Yuvgoog Greenle
Is there a way that Python and C can have a shared definition for a binary data structure? It could be nice if: 1. struct or ctypes had a function that could parse a .h/.c/.cpp file to auto-generate constructors or 2. a ctypes definition could be exported to a .h file. So my question is - is ther

Re: (from stdlib-sig) ctypes or struct from an h file

2009-10-18 Thread Yuvgoog Greenle
I'd like to clarify the use case. Lets say you're writing a client and a server, one is in python and the other is C. If these 2 programs need to pass binary information between them (lets say over a socket) there are 2 options, it could be nice if you could only write the struct once (either in p

Re: (from stdlib-sig) ctypes or struct from an h file

2009-10-19 Thread Yuvgoog Greenle
cis wrote: > Yuvgoog Greenle wrote: >> >> I'd like to clarify the use case. >> >> Lets say you're writing a client and a server, one is in python and >> the other is C. If these 2 programs need to pass binary information >> between them (lets say ove