New submission from benrg <benrud...@gmail.com>: In Python 3.1.3, (c_char*5).from_buffer(b'abcde') worked. In 3.2 it fails with "TypeError: expected an object with a writable buffer interface".
This seems to represent a significant decrease in the functionality of ctypes, since, if I understand correctly, it has no notion of a const array or a const char. I used from_buffer with a bytes argument in 3.1 and it was far from obvious how to port to 3.2 without introducing expensive copying. I understand the motivation behind requiring a writable buffer, but I think it's a bad idea. If you take this to its logical conclusion, it should not be possible to pass bytes or str values directly to C functions, since there's no way to be sure they won't write through the pointer. ---------- assignee: theller components: ctypes messages: 130229 nosy: benrg, theller priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: ctypes from_buffer no longer accepts bytes type: behavior versions: Python 3.2 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue11427> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
