Adds c_ssize_t to ctypes. issue 6729.
diff --git a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
index 582300c..631a0fb 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
@@ -2248,6 +2248,13 @@
Represents the C :ctype:`size_t` datatype.
+.. class:: c_ssize_t
+
+ Represents the C :ctype:`ssize_t` datatype.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 2.7
+
+
.. class:: c_ubyte
Represents the C :ctype:`unsigned char` datatype, it interprets the value as
diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py b/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py
index 1b03835..16489b9 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py
@@ -462,10 +462,13 @@
if sizeof(c_uint) == sizeof(c_void_p):
c_size_t = c_uint
+ c_ssize_t = c_int
elif sizeof(c_ulong) == sizeof(c_void_p):
c_size_t = c_ulong
+ c_ssize_t = c_long
elif sizeof(c_ulonglong) == sizeof(c_void_p):
c_size_t = c_ulonglong
+ c_ssize_t = c_longlong
# functions
diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_sizes.py b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_sizes.py
index 0509cbb..f9b5e97 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_sizes.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_sizes.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
# Test specifically-sized containers.
-import unittest
from ctypes import *
+import sys
+import unittest
+
+
class SizesTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
def test_8(self):
self.assertEqual(1, sizeof(c_int8))
@@ -23,5 +26,9 @@
def test_size_t(self):
self.assertEqual(sizeof(c_void_p), sizeof(c_size_t))
+ def test_ssize_t(self):
+ self.assertEqual(sizeof(c_void_p), sizeof(c_ssize_t))
+
+
if __name__ == "__main__":
unittest.main()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 184c028..b110559 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@
- Issue #1068268: The subprocess module now handles EINTR in internal
os.waitpid and os.read system calls where appropriate.
+- Issue #6729: Added ctypes.c_ssize_t to represent ssize_t.
+
Extension Modules
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