Re: Re: Error on linux

Michele Petrazzo <michele.petrazzo@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Thomas Heller wrote:
>
>  > Michele Petrazzo <michele.petrazzo@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>  > Ok, it seems I missed to put the create_unicode_buffer inside an if:
>  >
>  >   if os.name == "nt":
>  >
>
> I see this in __init__.py file
>
>  > The deeper issue is that the unicode stuff in ctypes is only compiled in
>  > when the Python header files define the HAVE_USABLE_WCHAR_T symbol.  Of
>  > the systems I build and test on, only Windows defines this.
>  >
>  > I'm not really sure that this is really the right thing to do,
>  > maybe this should be sufficient:
>  >
>  > #if Py_UNICODE_SIZE == 2
>
>
> I'm not a c developer, (also I'm not a python developer), so where I
> put this define? In python source? In ctypes source?

> And after, I can use create_unicode_buffer on linux?

No, other stuff must be fixed as well, because it is hardcoded to be
only availbale on Windows.

Later,

Thomas



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