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| 0 | 1 dyncall python bindings |
| 28 | 2 Copyright 2007-2016 Daniel Adler |
| 3 2018-2020 Tassilo Philipp | |
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| 5 Dec 4, 2007: initial | |
| 6 Mar 22, 2016: update to dyncall 0.9, includes breaking sig char changes | |
| 7 Apr 19, 2018: update to dyncall 1.0 | |
| 8 Apr 7, 2020: update to dyncall 1.1, Python 3 support, using the Capsule | |
| 9 API, as well as support for python unicode strings | |
| 34 | 10 Apr 11, 2020: support for getting loaded library path |
| 11 Apr 12, 2020: breaking change: restrict 'Z' conversions to immutable types | |
| 12 and 'p' to mutable types (and handles) | |
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| 7 | 15 BUILD/INSTALLATION |
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| 18 1) make sure dyncall is built and libraries/headers are in include paths or | |
| 19 CFLAGS points to them, etc. | |
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| 10 | 21 2) Build and install this extension with: |
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23 python setup.py install |
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| 28 | 25 Building a wheel package isn't supported, currently. |
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| 0 | 28 API |
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29 === |
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| 31 libhandle = load(libpath) | |
| 5 | 32 funcptr = find(libhandle, symbolname) |
| 33 call(funcptr, signature, ...) | |
| 29 | 34 free(libhandle) |
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| 0 | 37 SIGNATURE FORMAT |
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40 ignoring calling convention mode switching for simplicity, the signature is |
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41 a string with the following format (using * as regex-like repetition): |
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43 "x*)y" |
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45 where x is positional parameter-type charcode (per argument), y is result-type charcode |
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| 34 | 48 SIG | FROM PYTHON 2 | FROM PYTHON 3 | C/C++ | TO PYTHON 2 | TO PYTHON 3 |
| 49 ----+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------- | |
| 50 'v' | | | void | None (Py_None) (e.g. ret of "...)v") | None (Py_None) (e.g. ret of "...)v") | |
| 51 'B' | bool (PyBool) | bool (PyBool) # | int/bool | bool (PyBool) | bool (PyBool) @ | |
| 52 'c' | int (PyInt) % | int (PyLong) % | char | int (PyInt) | int (PyLong) | |
| 53 | str (with only a single char) % | str (with only a single char) % | char | int (PyInt) | int (PyLong) | |
| 54 'C' | int (PyInt) % | int (PyLong) % | unsigned char | int (PyInt) | int (PyLong) | |
| 55 | str (with only a single char) % | str (with only a single char) % | unsigned char | int (PyInt) | int (PyLong) | |
| 56 's' | int (PyInt) % | int (PyLong) % | short | int (PyInt) | int (PyLong) | |
| 57 'S' | int (PyInt) % | int (PyLong) % | unsigned short | int (PyInt) | int (PyLong) | |
| 58 'i' | int (PyInt) | int (PyLong) | int | int (PyInt) | int (PyLong) | |
| 59 'I' | int (PyInt) | int (PyLong) | unsigned int | int (PyInt) | int (PyLong) | |
| 60 'j' | int (PyInt) | int (PyLong) | long | int (PyInt) | int (PyLong) | |
| 61 'J' | int (PyInt) | int (PyLong) | unsigned long | int (PyInt) | int (PyLong) | |
| 62 'l' | int (PyInt) | int (PyLongLong) | long long | long (PyLong) | int (PyLong) | |
| 63 | long (PyLong) | - | long long | long (PyLong) | int (PyLong) | |
| 64 'L' | int (PyInt) | int (PyLongLong) | unsigned long long | long (PyLong) | int (PyLong) | |
| 65 | long (PyLong) | - | unsigned long long | long (PyLong) | int (PyLong) | |
| 66 'f' | float (PyFloat) $ | float (PyFloat) $ | float | float (PyFloat) ^ | float (PyFloat) ^ | |
| 67 'd' | float (PyFloat) | float (PyFloat) | double | float (PyFloat) | float (PyFloat) | |
| 68 'p' | bytearray (PyByteArray) & | bytearray (PyByteArray) & | void* | int,long (Py_ssize_t) | int (Py_ssize_t) | |
| 69 | int (PyInt) | int (PyLong) | void* | int,long (Py_ssize_t) | int (Py_ssize_t) | |
| 70 | long (PyLong) | - | void* | int,long (Py_ssize_t) | int (Py_ssize_t) | |
| 71 'Z' | str (PyString) ! | str (PyUnicode) ! | const char* (UTF-8 for unicode) | int (PyString) | str (PyUnicode) | |
| 72 | unicode (PyUnicode) ! | - | const char* (UTF-8 for unicode) | int (PyString) | str (PyUnicode) | |
| 73 | - | bytes (PyBytes) ! | const char* (UTF-8 for unicode) | int (PyString) | str (PyUnicode) | |
| 74 | bytearray (PyByteArray) ! | bytearray (PyByteArray) ! | const char* (UTF-8 for unicode) | int (PyString) | str (PyUnicode) | |
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76 # converted to 1 if True and 0 otherwise |
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77 @ converted to False if 0 and True otherwise |
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79 $ cast to single precision |
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80 ^ cast to double precision |
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82 ! immutable buffer when passed to C, as strings (in any form) are considered objects, not buffers |
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86 '_'-prefixed signature characters; consult the dyncall docs for a list |
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90 ==== |
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| 28 | 92 - callback support |
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| 30 | 95 BUGS |
| 96 ==== | |
| 97 | |
| 98 - when using Python 2, the dyncall call vm object is never dcFree'd, as there | |
| 99 is no way to call a "freefunc" as introduced with Python 3 module definitions | |
| 100 (see PEP 3121 for details) | |
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