ctypes.c_char and ctypes.c_wchar now accept initialization from byte objects.

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_bytes.py b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_bytes.py
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+++ b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_bytes.py
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+import unittest
+from ctypes import *
+
+class BytesTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_c_char(self):
+        x = c_char(b"x")
+        x.value = b"y"
+        c_char.from_param(b"x")
+        (c_char * 3)(b"a", b"b", b"c")
+
+    def test_c_wchar(self):
+        x = c_wchar(b"x")
+        x.value = b"y"
+        c_wchar.from_param(b"x")
+        (c_wchar * 3)(b"a", b"b", b"c")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()