Backport from py3k: Implement the new buffer interface from pep3118

for ctypes instances.  Closes issue #2404.

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diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_pep3118.py b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_pep3118.py
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+import unittest
+from ctypes import *
+import re, struct, sys
+
+if sys.byteorder == "little":
+    THIS_ENDIAN = "<"
+    OTHER_ENDIAN = ">"
+else:
+    THIS_ENDIAN = ">"
+    OTHER_ENDIAN = "<"
+
+class memoryview(object):
+    # This class creates a memoryview - like object from data returned
+    # by the private _ctypes._buffer_info() function, just enough for
+    # these tests.
+    #
+    # It can be removed when the py3k memoryview object is backported.
+    def __init__(self, ob):
+        from _ctypes import _buffer_info
+        self.format, self.ndim, self.shape = _buffer_info(ob)
+        if self.shape == ():
+            self.shape = None
+            self.itemsize = sizeof(ob)
+        else:
+            size = sizeof(ob)
+            for dim in self.shape:
+                size /= dim
+            self.itemsize = size
+        self.strides = None
+        self.readonly = False
+        self.size = sizeof(ob)
+
+def normalize(format):
+    # Remove current endian specifier and white space from a format
+    # string
+    format = format.replace(OTHER_ENDIAN, THIS_ENDIAN)
+    return re.sub(r"\s", "", format)
+
+class Test(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_native_types(self):
+        for tp, fmt, shape, itemtp in native_types:
+            ob = tp()
+            v = memoryview(ob)
+            try:
+                self.failUnlessEqual(normalize(v.format), normalize(fmt))
+                self.failUnlessEqual(v.size, sizeof(ob))
+                self.failUnlessEqual(v.itemsize, sizeof(itemtp))
+                self.failUnlessEqual(v.shape, shape)
+                # ctypes object always have a non-strided memory block
+                self.failUnlessEqual(v.strides, None)
+                # they are always read/write
+                self.failIf(v.readonly)
+
+                if v.shape:
+                    n = 1
+                    for dim in v.shape:
+                        n = n * dim
+                    self.failUnlessEqual(v.itemsize * n, v.size)
+            except:
+                # so that we can see the failing type
+                print(tp)
+                raise
+
+    def test_endian_types(self):
+        for tp, fmt, shape, itemtp in endian_types:
+            ob = tp()
+            v = memoryview(ob)
+            try:
+                self.failUnlessEqual(v.format, fmt)
+                self.failUnlessEqual(v.size, sizeof(ob))
+                self.failUnlessEqual(v.itemsize, sizeof(itemtp))
+                self.failUnlessEqual(v.shape, shape)
+                # ctypes object always have a non-strided memory block
+                self.failUnlessEqual(v.strides, None)
+                # they are always read/write
+                self.failIf(v.readonly)
+
+                if v.shape:
+                    n = 1
+                    for dim in v.shape:
+                        n = n * dim
+                    self.failUnlessEqual(v.itemsize * n, v.size)
+            except:
+                # so that we can see the failing type
+                print(tp)
+                raise
+
+# define some structure classes
+
+class Point(Structure):
+    _fields_ = [("x", c_long), ("y", c_long)]
+
+class PackedPoint(Structure):
+    _pack_ = 2
+    _fields_ = [("x", c_long), ("y", c_long)]
+
+class Point2(Structure):
+    pass
+Point2._fields_ = [("x", c_long), ("y", c_long)]
+
+class EmptyStruct(Structure):
+    _fields_ = []
+
+class aUnion(Union):
+    _fields_ = [("a", c_int)]
+
+################################################################
+#
+# This table contains format strings as they look on little endian
+# machines.  The test replaces '<' with '>' on big endian machines.
+#
+native_types = [
+    # type                      format                  shape           calc itemsize
+
+    ## simple types
+
+    (c_char,                    "<c",                   None,           c_char),
+    (c_byte,                    "<b",                   None,           c_byte),
+    (c_ubyte,                   "<B",                   None,           c_ubyte),
+    (c_short,                   "<h",                   None,           c_short),
+    (c_ushort,                  "<H",                   None,           c_ushort),
+
+    # c_int and c_uint may be aliases to c_long
+    #(c_int,                     "<i",                   None,           c_int),
+    #(c_uint,                    "<I",                   None,           c_uint),
+
+    (c_long,                    "<l",                   None,           c_long),
+    (c_ulong,                   "<L",                   None,           c_ulong),
+
+    # c_longlong and c_ulonglong are aliases on 64-bit platforms
+    #(c_longlong,                "<q",                   None,           c_longlong),
+    #(c_ulonglong,               "<Q",                   None,           c_ulonglong),
+
+    (c_float,                   "<f",                   None,           c_float),
+    (c_double,                  "<d",                   None,           c_double),
+    # c_longdouble may be an alias to c_double
+
+    (c_bool,                    "<?",                   None,           c_bool),
+    (py_object,                 "<O",                   None,           py_object),
+
+    ## pointers
+
+    (POINTER(c_byte),           "&<b",                  None,           POINTER(c_byte)),
+    (POINTER(POINTER(c_long)),  "&&<l",                 None,           POINTER(POINTER(c_long))),
+
+    ## arrays and pointers
+
+    (c_double * 4,              "(4)<d",                (4,),           c_double),
+    (c_float * 4 * 3 * 2,       "(2,3,4)<f",            (2,3,4),        c_float),
+    (POINTER(c_short) * 2,      "(2)&<h",               (2,),           POINTER(c_short)),
+    (POINTER(c_short) * 2 * 3,  "(3,2)&<h",             (3,2,),         POINTER(c_short)),
+    (POINTER(c_short * 2),      "&(2)<h",               None,           POINTER(c_short)),
+
+    ## structures and unions
+
+    (Point,                     "T{<l:x:<l:y:}",        None,           Point),
+    # packed structures do not implement the pep
+    (PackedPoint,               "B",                    None,           PackedPoint),
+    (Point2,                    "T{<l:x:<l:y:}",        None,           Point2),
+    (EmptyStruct,               "T{}",                  None,           EmptyStruct),
+    # the pep does't support unions
+    (aUnion,                    "B",                    None,           aUnion),
+
+    ## other
+
+    # function signatures are not implemented
+    (CFUNCTYPE(None),           "X{}",                  None,           CFUNCTYPE(None)),
+
+    ]
+
+class BEPoint(BigEndianStructure):
+    _fields_ = [("x", c_long), ("y", c_long)]
+
+class LEPoint(LittleEndianStructure):
+    _fields_ = [("x", c_long), ("y", c_long)]
+
+################################################################
+#
+# This table contains format strings as they really look, on both big
+# and little endian machines.
+#
+endian_types = [
+    (BEPoint,                   "T{>l:x:>l:y:}",        None,           BEPoint),
+    (LEPoint,                   "T{<l:x:<l:y:}",        None,           LEPoint),
+    (POINTER(BEPoint),          "&T{>l:x:>l:y:}",       None,           POINTER(BEPoint)),
+    (POINTER(LEPoint),          "&T{<l:x:<l:y:}",       None,           POINTER(LEPoint)),
+    ]
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()