Issue #23765: Removed IsBadStringPtr calls in ctypes
diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py b/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py
index 055294c..4cb6d0d 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py
@@ -237,14 +237,8 @@
class c_char_p(_SimpleCData):
_type_ = "z"
- if _os.name == "nt":
- def __repr__(self):
- if not windll.kernel32.IsBadStringPtrA(self, -1):
- return "%s(%r)" % (self.__class__.__name__, self.value)
- return "%s(%s)" % (self.__class__.__name__, cast(self, c_void_p).value)
- else:
- def __repr__(self):
- return "%s(%s)" % (self.__class__.__name__, cast(self, c_void_p).value)
+ def __repr__(self):
+ return "%s(%s)" % (self.__class__.__name__, c_void_p.from_buffer(self).value)
_check_size(c_char_p, "P")
class c_void_p(_SimpleCData):
@@ -259,6 +253,8 @@
class c_wchar_p(_SimpleCData):
_type_ = "Z"
+ def __repr__(self):
+ return "%s(%s)" % (self.__class__.__name__, c_void_p.from_buffer(self).value)
class c_wchar(_SimpleCData):
_type_ = "u"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index eafe227..ef2dd3d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
Library
-------
+- Issue #23765: Removed IsBadStringPtr calls in ctypes
+
- Issue #22364: Improved some re error messages using regex for hints.
- Issue #23742: ntpath.expandvars() no longer loses unbalanced single quotes.