Issue #8966: If a ctypes structure field is an array of c_char, convert its

value to bytes instead of str (as done for c_char and c_char_p).

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_bytes.py b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_bytes.py
index 374b2d7..4a1d0fd 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_bytes.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_bytes.py
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ class BytesTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
         X("abc")
         x = X(b"abc")
-        self.assertEqual(x.a, "abc")
-        self.assertEqual(type(x.a), str)
+        self.assertEqual(x.a, b"abc")
+        self.assertEqual(type(x.a), bytes)
 
     def test_struct_W(self):
         class X(Structure):
diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_structures.py b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_structures.py
index c58d949..fb048aa 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_structures.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_structures.py
@@ -209,9 +209,9 @@ class StructureTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, Person, "Name", "HI")
 
         # short enough
-        self.assertEqual(Person("12345", 5).name, "12345")
+        self.assertEqual(Person("12345", 5).name, b"12345")
         # exact fit
-        self.assertEqual(Person("123456", 5).name, "123456")
+        self.assertEqual(Person("123456", 5).name, b"123456")
         # too long
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, Person, "1234567", 5)
 
@@ -269,9 +269,9 @@ class StructureTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
         p = Person("Someone", ("1234", "5678"), 5)
 
-        self.assertEqual(p.name, "Someone")
-        self.assertEqual(p.phone.areacode, "1234")
-        self.assertEqual(p.phone.number, "5678")
+        self.assertEqual(p.name, b"Someone")
+        self.assertEqual(p.phone.areacode, b"1234")
+        self.assertEqual(p.phone.number, b"5678")
         self.assertEqual(p.age, 5)
 
     def test_structures_with_wchar(self):