Hi,
I am looking for an efficient way to pass a string to a c++ function.
In CPython this function works on binary (byte) data usually read in
from a file. Now I need an Ironpython version.
Although I am not happy with it I can live with the automatic
transformation of (binary) file data into unicode strings during reading
and writing. So I have modified my C++ function to work on wide chars
(i.e. unicode chars).
Now I am looking for a way to pass the unicode string to the c++
function efficiently, i.e. without copying or modifying it before the
call. I found memoryview and thought it is what I need. But as far as I
see it works only with byte strings.
x2 = b"abc" # byte string
view2 = memoryview(x2) # ok
x3 = "abc"
# the following code line results in: # char string
# "error: TypeError: expected IBufferProtocol, got str"
view3 = memoryview(x3) # error
My questions:
Why does memory view not work here?
Does anyone know how to pass the contents of a string to a C
function without copying it?
The context I am working with is roughly as follows:
...
import ctypes as ct
...
self.dll = ct.cdll.LoadLibrary(dllPath)
cObject = self.dll.ctor()
self.dll.cFunc(cObject, source, destination, length)
where cFunc is the exported name of the c function, and cObject is the
address of a housekeeping object allocated in the C-dll via C++ new and
returned by the ctor function. Source should provide the string data to
the C function in a suitable and efficient form, and for destination I
used an "array.array("H", length).
Thanks in advance
Peter
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