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| author | Thomas Heller <theller@ctypes.org> | 2007-12-12 20:01:44 (GMT) |
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| committer | Thomas Heller <theller@ctypes.org> | 2007-12-12 20:01:44 (GMT) |
| commit | b8189f3b5a2f7e14218934daf909e1ffd8800a0b (patch) | |
| tree | 0eec9181048ba1880c78e61b7763b35fde90443b /Lib | |
| parent | 3536a5c09c8e8fb248ac7ab89a45d75e9f91ea30 (diff) | |
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Add a comment to explain why we have to restore the original value.
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| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/ctypes/test/test_values.py | 4 |
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diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_values.py b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_values.py index a39674f..476b7b7 100644 --- a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_values.py +++ b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_values.py @@ -10,12 +10,16 @@ import _ctypes_test class ValuesTestCase(unittest.TestCase): def test_an_integer(self): + # This test checks and changes an integer stored inside the + # _ctypes_test dll/shared lib. ctdll = CDLL(_ctypes_test.__file__) an_integer = c_int.in_dll(ctdll, "an_integer") x = an_integer.value self.failUnlessEqual(x, ctdll.get_an_integer()) an_integer.value *= 2 self.failUnlessEqual(x*2, ctdll.get_an_integer()) + # To avoid test failures when this test is repeated several + # times the original value must be restored an_integer.value = x self.failUnlessEqual(x, ctdll.get_an_integer()) |