A 'PyObject *' parameter in PyErr_Format must use %S parameter, not %s.

Added unittest for calling a function with paramflags.

2 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_prototypes.py b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_prototypes.py
index 91b7e0d..e098e7b 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_prototypes.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_prototypes.py
@@ -48,6 +48,24 @@ class CharPointersTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         func.restype = c_long
         func.argtypes = None
 
+    def test_paramflags(self):
+        # function returns c_void_p result,
+        # and has a required parameter named 'input'
+        prototype = CFUNCTYPE(c_void_p, c_void_p)
+        func = prototype(("_testfunc_p_p", testdll),
+                         ((1, "input"),))
+
+        try:
+            func()
+        except TypeError as details:
+            self.failUnlessEqual(str(details), "required argument 'input' missing")
+        else:
+            self.fail("TypeError not raised")
+
+        self.failUnlessEqual(func(None), None)
+        self.failUnlessEqual(func(input=None), None)
+
+
     def test_int_pointer_arg(self):
         func = testdll._testfunc_p_p
         func.restype = c_long
diff --git a/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c b/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
index f922630..81276fa 100644
--- a/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
@@ -2992,7 +2992,7 @@ _get_arg(int *pindex, PyObject *name, PyObject *defval, PyObject *inargs, PyObje
 	/* we can't currently emit a better error message */
 	if (name)
 		PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
-			     "required argument '%s' missing", name);
+			     "required argument '%S' missing", name);
 	else
 		PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
 			     "not enough arguments");