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diff --git a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst index f22be20..fa6f831 100644 --- a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst +++ b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst @@ -1337,14 +1337,14 @@ There are several ways to loaded shared libraries into the Python process. One way is to instantiate one of the following classes: -.. class:: CDLL(name, mode=DEFAULT_MODE, handle=None) +.. class:: CDLL(name, mode=DEFAULT_MODE, handle=None, use_errno=False, use_last_error=False) Instances of this class represent loaded shared libraries. Functions in these libraries use the standard C calling convention, and are assumed to return ``int``. -.. class:: OleDLL(name, mode=DEFAULT_MODE, handle=None) +.. class:: OleDLL(name, mode=DEFAULT_MODE, handle=None, use_errno=False, use_last_error=False) Windows only: Instances of this class represent loaded shared libraries, functions in these libraries use the ``stdcall`` calling convention, and are @@ -1354,7 +1354,7 @@ way is to instantiate one of the following classes: failure, an :class:`WindowsError` is automatically raised. -.. class:: WinDLL(name, mode=DEFAULT_MODE, handle=None) +.. class:: WinDLL(name, mode=DEFAULT_MODE, handle=None, use_errno=False, use_last_error=False) Windows only: Instances of this class represent loaded shared libraries, functions in these libraries use the ``stdcall`` calling convention, and are @@ -1387,6 +1387,29 @@ it. The *mode* parameter can be used to specify how the library is loaded. For details, consult the ``dlopen(3)`` manpage, on Windows, *mode* is ignored. +The *use_errno* parameter, when set to True, enables a ctypes +mechanism that allows to access the system `errno` error number in a +safe way. `ctypes` maintains a thread-local copy of the systems +`errno` variable; if you call foreign functions created with +`use_errno=True` then the `errno` value before the function call is +swapped with the ctypes private copy, the same happens immediately +after the function call. + +The function `ctypes.get_errno()` returns the value of the ctypes +private copy, and the function `ctypes.set_errno(value)` changes the +ctypes private copy to `value` and returns the former value. + +The *use_last_error* parameter, when set to True, enables the same +mechanism for the Windows error code which is managed by the +GetLastError() and SetLastError() Windows api functions; +`ctypes.get_last_error()` and `ctypes.set_last_error(value)` are used +to request and change the ctypes private copy of the windows error +code. + +.. versionchanged:: 2.6 + +The `use_errno` and `use_last_error` parameters were added in Python +2.6. .. data:: RTLD_GLOBAL :noindex: @@ -1585,18 +1608,26 @@ implementation. The factory functions must be called with the desired result type and the argument types of the function. -.. function:: CFUNCTYPE(restype, *argtypes) +.. function:: CFUNCTYPE(restype, *argtypes, use_errno=False, use_last_error=False) The returned function prototype creates functions that use the standard C calling convention. The function will release the GIL during the call. + If `use_errno` is set to True, the ctypes private copy of the system `errno` + variable is exchanged with the real `errno` value bafore and after the call; + `use_last_error` does the same for the Windows error code. + + .. versionchanged:: 2.6 + The optional `use_errno` and `use_last_error` parameters were added + in Python 2.6. -.. function:: WINFUNCTYPE(restype, *argtypes) + +.. function:: WINFUNCTYPE(restype, *argtypes, use_errno=False, use_last_error=False) Windows only: The returned function prototype creates functions that use the ``stdcall`` calling convention, except on Windows CE where :func:`WINFUNCTYPE` is the same as :func:`CFUNCTYPE`. The function will release the GIL during the - call. + call. `use_errno` and `use_last_error` have the same meaning as above. .. function:: PYFUNCTYPE(restype, *argtypes) @@ -1848,7 +1879,22 @@ Utility functions .. function:: GetLastError() Windows only: Returns the last error code set by Windows in the calling thread. + This function calls the Windows `GetLastError()` function directly, + it does not return the ctypes-private copy of the error code. + +.. function:: get_errno() + + Returns the current value of the ctypes-private copy of the system + `errno` variable in the calling thread. + + .. versionadded:: 2.6 +.. function:: get_last_error() + + Windows only: returns the current value of the ctypes-private copy of the system + `LastError` variable in the calling thread. + + .. versionadded:: 2.6 .. function:: memmove(dst, src, count) @@ -1901,6 +1947,22 @@ Utility functions other systems ``('ascii', 'strict')``. +.. function:: set_errno(value) + + Set the current value of the ctypes-private copy of the system + `errno` variable in the calling thread to `value` and return the + previous value. + + .. versionadded:: 2.6 + +.. function:: set_last_error(value) + + Windows only: set the current value of the ctypes-private copy of + the system `LastError` variable in the calling thread to `value` + and return the previous value. + + .. versionadded:: 2.6 + .. function:: sizeof(obj_or_type) Returns the size in bytes of a ctypes type or instance memory buffer. 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