[issue32780] ctypes: memoryview gives incorrect PEP3118 format strings for both packed and unpacked structs

Carl Banks added the comment: I guess I'll weigh in since I was pinged. I agree with the approach in the patch. All the memoryview does is to use the format field verbatim from the underlying buffer, so if the format field is inaccurate then the only thing to do is to fix the object

[issue11603] Python crashes or hangs when rebinding __repr__ as __str__

New submission from Carl Banks pythond...@aerojockey.com: The issue was raised by J Peyret on the following c.l.python thread: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/459e5ec433e7dcab?hl=en# Several posters reported that the following code either hangs or crashes