[Python-Dev] Constants from C headers and int/long unification (original) (raw)

Jack Jansen Jack.Jansen at cwi.nl
Fri Dec 5 18:17:15 EST 2003

The discussions on unification of int and long have now gone on for so many months that I no longer know how to handle them for the following scenario, please enlighten me.

I have C header files which I parse and to which I can do some simple processing before outputting them as Python code. An example C file will contain

enum { kConstantOne = 0xffffffff, kConstantTwo = -1, };

Regexps will grab the two constants and output them to Python. The Python programmer will pass these constants to an API routine, at which point I need a PyArg_Parse format char that will convert both of these values to the 32 bit pattern 0xffffffff.

Question 1: Do I need to add anything to the constants before outputting them as Python code? Question 2: Is there a format char that will convert both of the values produced by the answer to question 1 to the 32 bit pattern 0xffffffff?

Jack Jansen, <Jack.Jansen at cwi.nl>, http://www.cwi.nl/~jack If I can't dance I don't want to be part of your revolution -- Emma Goldman

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