Re: ctypes can't find files in /usr/local/lib?

Joshua J. Kugler wrote:
> Other ideas as to why ctypes can't find something that *is* in the 
> ldconfig cache would be welcome.
>   

I've not spent as much time with ctypes as I'd like. Each time I've used 
it I've had pressures to get something working so I've not had the 
luxury of really sitting down and playing with it. With that 
background/caveat...

I think there are some issues with ctypes "find" logic. If you have the 
full path it always works but if you are hoping that paths will be used 
it doesn't behave they way one would expect. For instance the Windows 
version of ctypes.util.find_library() only checks the PATH variable 
(even though Windows and ctypes loader will check the current path).

I suspect with an 0.5-1 days work one could probably test/experiment and 
create patches for a single platform (e.g. 1 day for Linux, 1 day for 
Windows) to address minor annoyances like this. But this is mostly 
speculation on my part as I've not sat down and spent the time 
researching this thoroughly.

Chris


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