Do not accept str8 type in function calls any longer.

Accept bytes instead of str8 in the (unexposed in ctypes) BSTR type.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_bytes.py b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_bytes.py
index e6e047a..db2824d 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_bytes.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_bytes.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Test where byte objects are accepted"""
 import unittest
+import sys
 from ctypes import *
 
 class BytesTest(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -37,5 +38,14 @@ class BytesTest(unittest.TestCase):
         X("abc")
         X(b"abc")
 
+    if sys.platform == "win32":
+        def test_BSTR(self):
+            from _ctypes import _SimpleCData
+            class BSTR(_SimpleCData):
+                _type_ = "X"
+
+            BSTR("abc")
+            BSTR(b"abc")
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()