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author | Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> | 2008-08-30 15:21:23 (GMT) |
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committer | Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> | 2008-08-30 15:21:23 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst index 9b6b86e..d649d1d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst +++ b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ .. versionadded:: 2.5 ``ctypes`` is a foreign function library for Python. It provides C compatible -data types, and allows calling functions in dlls/shared libraries. It can be +data types, and allows calling functions in DLLs or shared libraries. It can be used to wrap these libraries in pure Python. @@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ Note: The code samples in this tutorial use ``doctest`` to make sure that they actually work. Since some code samples behave differently under Linux, Windows, or Mac OS X, they contain doctest directives in comments. -Note: Some code sample references the ctypes :class:`c_int` type. This type is -an alias to the :class:`c_long` type on 32-bit systems. So, you should not be +Note: Some code samples reference the ctypes :class:`c_int` type. This type is +an alias for the :class:`c_long` type on 32-bit systems. So, you should not be confused if :class:`c_long` is printed if you would expect :class:`c_int` --- they are actually the same type. @@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ they are actually the same type. Loading dynamic link libraries ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -``ctypes`` exports the *cdll*, and on Windows also *windll* and *oledll* objects -to load dynamic link libraries. +``ctypes`` exports the *cdll*, and on Windows *windll* and *oledll* +objects, for loading dynamic link libraries. You load libraries by accessing them as attributes of these objects. *cdll* loads libraries which export functions using the standard ``cdecl`` calling @@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ property:: >>> p = create_string_buffer("Hello", 10) # create a 10 byte buffer >>> print sizeof(p), repr(p.raw) 10 'Hello\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00' - >>> p.value = "Hi" + >>> p.value = "Hi" >>> print sizeof(p), repr(p.raw) 10 'Hi\x00lo\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00' >>> @@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ other, and finally follow the pointer chain a few times:: ... p = p.next[0] ... foo bar foo bar foo bar foo bar - >>> + >>> .. _ctypes-callback-functions: @@ -2045,7 +2045,7 @@ Data types .. method:: _CData.from_buffer_copy(source[, offset]) - This method creates a ctypes instance, the buffer is copied from + This method creates a ctypes instance, copying the buffer from the source object buffer which must be readable. The optional ``offset`` parameter specifies an offset into the source buffer in bytes; the default is zero. If the source buffer is not @@ -2062,13 +2062,13 @@ Data types .. method:: from_param(obj) - This method adapts obj to a ctypes type. It is called with the actual - object used in a foreign function call, when the type is present in the - foreign functions :attr:`argtypes` tuple; it must return an object that - can be used as function call parameter. + This method adapts *obj* to a ctypes type. It is called with the actual + object used in a foreign function call when the type is present in the + foreign function's :attr:`argtypes` tuple; it must return an object that + can be used as a function call parameter. - All ctypes data types have a default implementation of this classmethod, - normally it returns ``obj`` if that is an instance of the type. Some + All ctypes data types have a default implementation of this classmethod + that normally returns ``obj`` if that is an instance of the type. Some types accept other objects as well. |