From 615b49b0976031e497809abf46b41322ed948bf4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Andrew M. Kuchling" Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 01:11:58 +0000 Subject: Some grammar fixes --- Doc/lib/libctypes.tex | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libctypes.tex b/Doc/lib/libctypes.tex index 08a715d..f19507a 100755 --- a/Doc/lib/libctypes.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libctypes.tex @@ -7,21 +7,21 @@ \versionadded{2.5} \code{ctypes} is a foreign function library for Python. It provides C -compatible data types, and allows to call functions in dlls/shared +compatible data types, and allows calling functions in dlls/shared libraries. It can be used to wrap these libraries in pure Python. \subsection{ctypes tutorial\label{ctypes-ctypes-tutorial}} -Note: The code samples in this tutorial uses \code{doctest} to make sure +Note: The code samples in this tutorial use \code{doctest} to make sure that they actually work. Since some code samples behave differently under Linux, Windows, or Mac OS X, they contain doctest directives in comments. -Note: Quite some code samples references the ctypes \class{c{\_}int} type. +Note: Some code sample references the ctypes \class{c{\_}int} type. This type is an alias to the \class{c{\_}long} type on 32-bit systems. So, you should not be confused if \class{c{\_}long} is printed if you would -expect \class{c{\_}int} - they are actually the same type. +expect \class{c{\_}int} --- they are actually the same type. \subsubsection{Loading dynamic link libraries\label{ctypes-loading-dynamic-link-libraries}} @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ return a Windows \class{HRESULT} error code. The error code is used to automatically raise \class{WindowsError} Python exceptions when the function call fails. -Here are some examples for Windows, note that \code{msvcrt} is the MS +Here are some examples for Windows. Note that \code{msvcrt} is the MS standard C library containing most standard C functions, and uses the cdecl calling convention: \begin{verbatim} -- cgit v0.12