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  r63791 | thomas.heller | 2008-05-29 21:18:12 +0200 (Do, 29 Mai 2008) | 1 line

  Fix compiler warning.
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  r63792 | thomas.heller | 2008-05-29 21:42:34 +0200 (Do, 29 Mai 2008) | 1 line

  ctypes NULL function pointers have a boolean False value now.
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Lib/ctypes/test/test_pointers.py

@@ -175,5 +175,13 @@ class PointersTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, c_void_p, 3.14) # make sure floats are NOT accepted
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, c_void_p, object()) # nor other objects
 
+    def test_pointers_bool(self):
+        # NULL pointers have a boolean False value, non-NULL pointers True.
+        self.failUnlessEqual(bool(POINTER(c_int)()), False)
+        self.failUnlessEqual(bool(pointer(c_int())), True)
+
+        self.failUnlessEqual(bool(CFUNCTYPE(None)(0)), False)
+        self.failUnlessEqual(bool(CFUNCTYPE(None)(42)), True)
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()

Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c

@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ GenericCData_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds);
 static PyObject *
 CDataType_from_buffer_copy(PyObject *type, PyObject *args)
 {
-	void *buffer;
+	const void *buffer;
 	Py_ssize_t buffer_len;
 	Py_ssize_t offset = 0;
 	PyObject *obj, *result;
@@ -3849,6 +3849,25 @@ CFuncPtr_repr(CFuncPtrObject *self)
 				   self);
 }
 
+static int
+Pointer_bool(CDataObject *self)
+{
+	return *(void **)self->b_ptr != NULL;
+}
+
+static PyNumberMethods Pointer_as_number = {
+	0, /* nb_add */
+	0, /* nb_subtract */
+	0, /* nb_multiply */
+	0, /* nb_remainder */
+	0, /* nb_divmod */
+	0, /* nb_power */
+	0, /* nb_negative */
+	0, /* nb_positive */
+	0, /* nb_absolute */
+	(inquiry)Pointer_bool, /* nb_bool */
+};
+
 PyTypeObject CFuncPtr_Type = {
 	PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL, 0)
 	"_ctypes.CFuncPtr",
@@ -3860,7 +3879,7 @@ PyTypeObject CFuncPtr_Type = {
 	0,					/* tp_setattr */
 	0,					/* tp_compare */
 	(reprfunc)CFuncPtr_repr,		/* tp_repr */
-	0,					/* tp_as_number */
+	&Pointer_as_number,			/* tp_as_number */
 	0,					/* tp_as_sequence */
 	0,					/* tp_as_mapping */
 	0,					/* tp_hash */
@@ -4933,25 +4952,6 @@ static PyMappingMethods Pointer_as_mapping = {
 	Pointer_subscript,
 };
 
-static int
-Pointer_bool(CDataObject *self)
-{
-	return *(void **)self->b_ptr != NULL;
-}
-
-static PyNumberMethods Pointer_as_number = {
-	0, /* nb_add */
-	0, /* nb_subtract */
-	0, /* nb_multiply */
-	0, /* nb_remainder */
-	0, /* nb_divmod */
-	0, /* nb_power */
-	0, /* nb_negative */
-	0, /* nb_positive */
-	0, /* nb_absolute */
-	(inquiry)Pointer_bool, /* nb_bool */
-};
-
 PyTypeObject Pointer_Type = {
 	PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL, 0)
 	"_ctypes._Pointer",