stdint (eg. uint64_t) for ctypes

[vstinner]

BPO	6859
Nosy	@vstinner
Files	stdint.py

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title = 'stdint (eg. uint64_t) for ctypes'
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[vstinner]

It would be nice to have (at least) some stdint.h types in ctypes:

• uint8_t, int8_t
• int16_t, uint16_t
• int32_t, uint32_t
• uint64_t, int64_t

Attached fle is a Python implementation of that.

stdint.h contains much more types, but I don't think that
(u)int_leastXX_t/(u)int_fastXX_t are used in public structures/functions.

Other interesting types/constants from stdint.h:

• intptr_t / uintptr_t
• (U)INT(8|16|32|64)_(MIN|MAX)
• PTRDIFF_MAX

[vstinner]

Oooh. I just see that ctypes already includes ctypes.c_(u)int(8|16|32|64)
types... Sorry for the noise :-)