Issue 5041: ctypes unwilling to allow pickling wide character.
diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_pickling.py b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_pickling.py
index c7925c7..28868f4 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_pickling.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_pickling.py
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@
]:
self.assertRaises(ValueError, lambda: self.dumps(item))
+ def test_wchar(self):
+ pickle.dumps(c_char("x"))
+ # Issue 5049
+ pickle.dumps(c_wchar(u"x"))
+
class PickleTest_1(PickleTest):
def dumps(self, item):
return pickle.dumps(item, 1)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f5ef3b6..a8fb9ce 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@
Library
-------
+- Issue #5041: ctypes does now allow pickling wide character.
+
- Issue #5812: For the two-argument form of the Fraction constructor,
Fraction(m, n), m and n are permitted to be arbitrary Rational
instances.
diff --git a/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c b/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
index 43da209..7caef29 100644
--- a/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
@@ -1952,7 +1952,7 @@
ml = &c_void_p_method;
stgdict->flags |= TYPEFLAG_ISPOINTER;
break;
- case 'u':
+ case 's':
case 'X':
case 'O':
ml = NULL;