Re: functions with: char & type of parameters

Pavel Nikitenko wrote, On 05/18/2010 05:09 PM:
> I am trying to call following C function from Windows DLL from Python
> with ctypes.
>
> int  __stdcall BBBOUNCECHECK(   char&strMessage,
>                                   char&strAddressOut,
>                                   int&lAddressLenOut,
>                                   char&strEmailIgnoreList,
>                                   char&strKey
>                               );
>    

AFAICS That is C++, not C.

ctypes makes C interfacing simple, but C++ is a lot harder (read: hardly 
feasible). Some work was done on 
http://code.google.com/p/ctypes-stuff/source/browse/#svn/trunk/ctypes-cpp , 
but AFAIK it hasn't been finished.

There might however be a simple hack that works for reference parameters 
in your case - I don't know.

I would consider creating a simple C wrapper for this. But if you have 
to use a cimpiler anyway then why not use one of the other methods for 
creating python extensions? See for example Roman Yakovenkos site 
http://language-binding.net/ .

/Mads

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