Structure fields of type c_char array or c_wchar array accept bytes or

(unicode) string.

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_bytes.py b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_bytes.py
index 25e017b..e6e047a 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_bytes.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_bytes.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+"""Test where byte objects are accepted"""
 import unittest
 from ctypes import *
 
@@ -22,5 +23,19 @@ class BytesTest(unittest.TestCase):
         c_wchar_p("foo bar")
         c_wchar_p(b"foo bar")
 
+    def test_struct(self):
+        class X(Structure):
+            _fields_ = [("a", c_char * 3)]
+
+        X("abc")
+        X(b"abc")
+
+    def test_struct_W(self):
+        class X(Structure):
+            _fields_ = [("a", c_wchar * 3)]
+
+        X("abc")
+        X(b"abc")
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()