# This tests the internal _objects attribute import unittest from ctypes import * from sys import getrefcount as grc # XXX This test must be reviewed for correctness!!! """ ctypes' types are container types. They have an internal memory block, which only consists of some bytes, but it has to keep references to other objects as well. This is not really needed for trivial C types like int or char, but it is important for aggregate types like strings or pointers in particular. What about pointers? """ class ObjectsTestCase(unittest.TestCase): def assertSame(self, a, b): self.assertEqual(id(a), id(b)) def test_ints(self): i = 42000123 refcnt = grc(i) ci = c_int(i) self.assertEqual(refcnt, grc(i)) self.assertEqual(ci._objects, None) def test_c_char_p(self): s = "Hello, World" refcnt = grc(s) cs = c_char_p(s) self.assertEqual(refcnt + 1, grc(s)) self.assertSame(cs._objects, s) def test_simple_struct(self): class X(Structure): _fields_ = [("a", c_int), ("b", c_int)] a = 421234 b = 421235 x = X() self.assertEqual(x._objects, None) x.a = a x.b = b self.assertEqual(x._objects, None) def test_embedded_structs(self): class X(Structure): _fields_ = [("a", c_int), ("b", c_int)] class Y(Structure): _fields_ = [("x", X), ("y", X)] y = Y() self.assertEqual(y._objects, None) x1, x2 = X(), X() y.x, y.y = x1, x2 self.assertEqual(y._objects, {"0": {}, "1": {}}) x1.a, x2.b = 42, 93 self.assertEqual(y._objects, {"0": {}, "1": {}}) def test_xxx(self): class X(Structure): _fields_ = [("a", c_char_p), ("b", c_char_p)] class Y(Structure): _fields_ = [("x", X), ("y", X)] s1 = "Hello, World" s2 = "Hallo, Welt" x = X() x.a = s1 x.b = s2 self.assertEqual(x._objects, {"0": s1, "1": s2}) y = Y() y.x = x self.assertEqual(y._objects, {"0": {"0": s1, "1": s2}}) ## x = y.x ## del y ## print x._b_base_._objects def test_ptr_struct(self): class X(Structure): _fields_ = [("data", POINTER(c_int))] A = c_int*4 a = A(11, 22, 33, 44) self.assertEqual(a._objects, None) x = X() x.data = a ##XXX print x._objects ##XXX print x.data[0] ##XXX print x.data._objects if __name__ == '__main__': unittest.main()