Issue #2616: Implement ctypes.pointer() and ctypes.POINTER() in C for

better performance.

3 files changed, 79 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c b/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
index b23c3d8..355fda2 100644
--- a/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ bytes(cdata)
 #include "ctypes.h"
 
 PyObject *PyExc_ArgError;
+
+/* This dict maps ctypes types to POINTER types */
+PyObject *_pointer_type_cache;
+
 static PyTypeObject Simple_Type;
 
 /* a callable object used for unpickling */
@@ -5169,6 +5173,12 @@ init_ctypes(void)
 	if (!m)
 		return;
 
+	_pointer_type_cache = PyDict_New();
+	if (_pointer_type_cache == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	PyModule_AddObject(m, "_pointer_type_cache", (PyObject *)_pointer_type_cache);
+
 	_unpickle = PyObject_GetAttrString(m, "_unpickle");
 	if (_unpickle == NULL)
 		return;
diff --git a/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c b/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c
index 783df08..c528179 100644
--- a/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c
+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c
@@ -1600,7 +1600,75 @@ unpickle(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	return result;
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+POINTER(PyObject *self, PyObject *cls)
+{
+	PyObject *result;
+	PyTypeObject *typ;
+	PyObject *key;
+	char *buf;
+
+	result = PyDict_GetItem(_pointer_type_cache, cls);
+	if (result) {
+		Py_INCREF(result);
+		return result;
+	}
+	if (PyString_CheckExact(cls)) {
+		buf = alloca(strlen(PyString_AS_STRING(cls)) + 3 + 1);
+		sprintf(buf, "LP_%s", PyString_AS_STRING(cls));
+		result = PyObject_CallFunction((PyObject *)Py_TYPE(&Pointer_Type),
+					       "s(O){}",
+					       buf,
+					       &Pointer_Type);
+		if (result == NULL)
+			return result;
+		key = PyLong_FromVoidPtr(result);
+	} else if (PyType_Check(cls)) {
+		typ = (PyTypeObject *)cls;
+		buf = alloca(strlen(typ->tp_name) + 3 + 1);
+		sprintf(buf, "LP_%s", typ->tp_name);
+		result = PyObject_CallFunction((PyObject *)Py_TYPE(&Pointer_Type),
+					       "s(O){sO}",
+					       buf,
+					       &Pointer_Type,
+					       "_type_", cls);
+		if (result == NULL)
+			return result;
+		Py_INCREF(cls);
+		key = cls;
+	} else {
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "must be a ctypes type");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	if (-1 == PyDict_SetItem(_pointer_type_cache, key, result)) {
+		Py_DECREF(result);
+		Py_DECREF(key);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	Py_DECREF(key);
+	return result;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+pointer(PyObject *self, PyObject *arg)
+{
+	PyObject *result;
+	PyObject *typ;
+
+	typ = PyDict_GetItem(_pointer_type_cache, (PyObject *)Py_TYPE(arg));
+	if (typ)
+		return PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(typ, arg, NULL);
+	typ = POINTER(NULL, (PyObject *)Py_TYPE(arg));
+	if (typ == NULL)
+			return NULL;
+	result = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(typ, arg, NULL);
+	Py_DECREF(typ);
+	return result;
+}
+
 PyMethodDef module_methods[] = {
+	{"POINTER", POINTER, METH_O },
+	{"pointer", pointer, METH_O },
 	{"_unpickle", unpickle, METH_VARARGS },
 	{"resize", resize, METH_VARARGS, "Resize the memory buffer of a ctypes instance"},
 #ifdef CTYPES_UNICODE
diff --git a/Modules/_ctypes/ctypes.h b/Modules/_ctypes/ctypes.h
index d0e7814..8f6846a 100644
--- a/Modules/_ctypes/ctypes.h
+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/ctypes.h
@@ -415,6 +415,7 @@ extern PyObject *CData_FromBaseObj(PyObject *type, PyObject *base, Py_ssize_t in
 /* XXX better name needed! */
 extern int IsSimpleSubType(PyObject *obj);
 
+extern PyObject *_pointer_type_cache;
 
 #ifdef MS_WIN32
 extern PyObject *ComError;