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- p2Z() helper func - import fix for test code avoiding potential circular import
author Tassilo Philipp
date Wed, 03 Aug 2022 15:38:07 +0200
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1 dyncall python bindings 1 dyncall python bindings
2 Copyright 2007-2016 Daniel Adler 2 Copyright 2007-2016 Daniel Adler
3 2018-2020 Tassilo Philipp 3 2018-2022 Tassilo Philipp
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5 Dec 4, 2007: initial 5 Dec 4, 2007: initial
6 Mar 22, 2016: update to dyncall 0.9, includes breaking sig char changes 6 Mar 22, 2016: update to dyncall 0.9, includes breaking sig char changes
7 Apr 19, 2018: update to dyncall 1.0 7 Apr 19, 2018: update to dyncall 1.0
8 Apr 7, 2020: update to dyncall 1.1, Python 3 support, using the Capsule 8 Apr 7, 2020: update to dyncall 1.1, Python 3 support, using the Capsule
16 functions; implies renaming pydcext.* to pydc.*), added type stub 16 functions; implies renaming pydcext.* to pydc.*), added type stub
17 as package_data 17 as package_data
18 Jan 23, 2021: update to dyncall 1.2 (only version bump) 18 Jan 23, 2021: update to dyncall 1.2 (only version bump)
19 Feb 2, 2021: added callback support (comes with some bigger refactoring); 19 Feb 2, 2021: added callback support (comes with some bigger refactoring);
20 allow CPython's Py{CObject,Capsule} to be used as 'p'ointers 20 allow CPython's Py{CObject,Capsule} to be used as 'p'ointers
21 Aug 3, 2022: added p2Z() helper function (e.g. helpful when working with
22 string 'p'ointers that eventually need to be free()'d, as no
23 implicit 'Z' conversion is taking place)
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23 BUILD/INSTALLATION 29 BUILD/INSTALLATION
24 ================== 30 ==================
25 31
113 119
114 SIG | DESCRIPTION 120 SIG | DESCRIPTION
115 ----+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 121 ----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
116 '_' | prefix indicating that next signature character specifies calling convention; char is one of the following 122 '_' | prefix indicating that next signature character specifies calling convention; char is one of the following
117 ':' | platform's default calling convention 123 ':' | platform's default calling convention
124 '*' | platform's default thiscall (C++ methods) calling convention, first argument of a call is the this pointer
118 'e' | vararg function 125 'e' | vararg function
119 '.' | vararg function's variadic/ellipsis part (...), to be specified before first vararg 126 '.' | vararg function's variadic/ellipsis part (...), to be specified before first vararg
120 'c' | only on x86: cdecl 127 'c' | only on x86: cdecl
121 's' | only on x86: stdcall 128 's' | only on x86: stdcall
122 'F' | only on x86: fastcall (MS) 129 'F' | only on x86: fastcall (MS)
134 - calling convention mode handling for callbacks (not sure if ever needed?) 141 - calling convention mode handling for callbacks (not sure if ever needed?)
135 - pydoc "man page" 142 - pydoc "man page"
136 - stub location: the pydc-stubs folder isn't picked up by mypy, so I question why this is the suggested way 143 - stub location: the pydc-stubs folder isn't picked up by mypy, so I question why this is the suggested way
137 - get into freebsd ports 144 - get into freebsd ports
138 - releasing GIL when calling into C code (*only* when none of the arguments is a mutable buffer, though) 145 - releasing GIL when calling into C code (*only* when none of the arguments is a mutable buffer, though)
146 - support for new dyncall aggregate-by-value interface
139 147
140 148
141 BUGS 149 BUGS
142 ==== 150 ====
143 151