@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ You load libraries by accessing them as attributes of these objects. *cdll*
4141loads libraries which export functions using the standard ``cdecl `` calling
4242convention, while *windll * libraries call functions using the ``stdcall ``
4343calling convention. *oledll * also uses the ``stdcall `` calling convention, and
44- assumes the functions return a Windows:c:type: `HRESULT ` error code. The error
44+ assumes the functions return a Windows:c:type: `! HRESULT ` error code. The error
4545code is used to automatically raise an:class: `OSError ` exception when the
4646function call fails.
4747
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ Return types
477477
478478
479479By default functions are assumed to return the C:c:expr: `int ` type. Other
480- return types can be specified by setting the:attr: `restype ` attribute of the
480+ return types can be specified by setting the:attr: `~_FuncPtr. restype ` attribute of the
481481function object.
482482
483483The C prototype of:c:func: `time ` is ``time_t time(time_t *) ``. Because:c:type: `time_t `
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ To call the function with a ``NULL`` pointer as first argument, use ``None``::
495495 >>> print(libc.time(None)) # doctest: +SKIP
496496 1150640792
497497
498- Here is a more advanced example, it uses the:func: `strchr ` function, which expects
498+ Here is a more advanced example, it uses the:func: `! strchr ` function, which expects
499499a string pointer and a char, and returns a pointer to a string::
500500
501501 >>> strchr = libc.strchr
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ single character Python bytes object into a C char:
528528 >>>
529529
530530You can also use a callable Python object (a function or a class for example) as
531- the:attr: `restype ` attribute, if the foreign function returns an integer. The
531+ the:attr: `~_FuncPtr. restype ` attribute, if the foreign function returns an integer. The
532532callable will be called with the *integer * the C function returns, and the
533533result of this call will be used as the result of your function call. This is
534534useful to check for error return values and automatically raise an exception::
@@ -556,7 +556,8 @@ get the string representation of an error code, and *returns* an exception.
556556:func: `GetLastError ` to retrieve it.
557557
558558Please note that a much more powerful error checking mechanism is available
559- through the:attr: `errcheck ` attribute; see the reference manual for details.
559+ through the:attr: `~_FuncPtr.errcheck ` attribute;
560+ see the reference manual for details.
560561
561562
562563.. _ctypes-passing-pointers :
@@ -594,7 +595,7 @@ Structures and unions
594595
595596Structures and unions must derive from the:class: `Structure ` and:class: `Union `
596597base classes which are defined in the:mod: `ctypes ` module. Each subclass must
597- define a:attr: `_fields_ ` attribute.:attr: `_fields_ ` must be a list of
598+ define a:attr: `~Structure. _fields_ ` attribute.:attr: `! _fields_ ` must be a list of
598599*2-tuples *, containing a *field name * and a *field type *.
599600
600601The field type must be a:mod: `ctypes ` type like:class: `c_int `, or any other
@@ -666,9 +667,9 @@ Structure/union alignment and byte order
666667
667668By default, Structure and Union fields are aligned in the same way the C
668669compiler does it. It is possible to override this behavior by specifying a
669- :attr: `_pack_ ` class attribute in the subclass definition. This must be set to a
670- positive integer and specifies the maximum alignment for the fields. This is
671- what ``#pragma pack(n) `` also does in MSVC.
670+ :attr: `~Structure. _pack_ ` class attribute in the subclass definition.
671+ This must be set to a positive integer and specifies the maximum alignment for the fields.
672+ This is what ``#pragma pack(n) `` also does in MSVC.
672673
673674:mod: `ctypes ` uses the native byte order for Structures and Unions. To build
674675structures with non-native byte order, you can use one of the
@@ -684,7 +685,7 @@ Bit fields in structures and unions
684685
685686It is possible to create structures and unions containing bit fields. Bit fields
686687are only possible for integer fields, the bit width is specified as the third
687- item in the:attr: `_fields_ ` tuples::
688+ item in the:attr: `~Structure. _fields_ ` tuples::
688689
689690 >>> class Int(Structure):
690691 ... _fields_ = [("first_16", c_int, 16),
@@ -876,7 +877,7 @@ pointer types. So, for ``POINTER(c_int)``, ctypes accepts an array of c_int::
876877 >>>
877878
878879In addition, if a function argument is explicitly declared to be a pointer type
879- (such as ``POINTER(c_int) ``) in:attr: `_FuncPtr.argtypes `, an object of the pointed
880+ (such as ``POINTER(c_int) ``) in:attr: `~ _FuncPtr.argtypes `, an object of the pointed
880881type (``c_int `` in this case) can be passed to the function. ctypes will apply
881882the required:func: `byref ` conversion in this case automatically.
882883
@@ -952,8 +953,8 @@ work::
952953 >>>
953954
954955because the new ``class cell `` is not available in the class statement itself.
955- In:mod: `ctypes `, we can define the ``cell `` class and set the:attr: ` _fields_ `
956- attribute later, after the class statement::
956+ In:mod: `ctypes `, we can define the ``cell `` class and set the
957+ :attr: ` ~Structure._fields_ ` attribute later, after the class statement::
957958
958959 >>> from ctypes import *
959960 >>> class cell(Structure):
@@ -1003,16 +1004,16 @@ argument, and the callback functions expected argument types as the remaining
10031004arguments.
10041005
10051006I will present an example here which uses the standard C library's
1006- :c:func: `qsort ` function, that is used to sort items with the help of a callback
1007- function.:c:func: `qsort ` will be used to sort an array of integers::
1007+ :c:func: `! qsort ` function, that is used to sort items with the help of a callback
1008+ function.:c:func: `! qsort ` will be used to sort an array of integers::
10081009
10091010 >>> IntArray5 = c_int * 5
10101011 >>> ia = IntArray5(5, 1, 7, 33, 99)
10111012 >>> qsort = libc.qsort
10121013 >>> qsort.restype = None
10131014 >>>
10141015
1015- :func: `qsort ` must be called with a pointer to the data to sort, the number of
1016+ :func: `! qsort ` must be called with a pointer to the data to sort, the number of
10161017items in the data array, the size of one item, and a pointer to the comparison
10171018function, the callback. The callback will then be called with two pointers to
10181019items, and it must return a negative integer if the first item is smaller than
@@ -1104,7 +1105,7 @@ Some shared libraries not only export functions, they also export variables. An
11041105example in the Python library itself is the:c:data: `Py_Version `, Python
11051106runtime version number encoded in a single constant integer.
11061107
1107- :mod: `ctypes ` can access values like this with the:meth: `in_dll ` class methods of
1108+ :mod: `ctypes ` can access values like this with the:meth: `~_CData. in_dll ` class methods of
11081109the type. *pythonapi * is a predefined symbol giving access to the Python C
11091110api::
11101111
@@ -1294,13 +1295,13 @@ Finding shared libraries
12941295When programming in a compiled language, shared libraries are accessed when
12951296compiling/linking a program, and when the program is run.
12961297
1297- The purpose of the:func: `find_library ` function is to locate a library in a way
1298+ The purpose of the:func: `~ctypes.util. find_library ` function is to locate a library in a way
12981299similar to what the compiler or runtime loader does (on platforms with several
12991300versions of a shared library the most recent should be loaded), while the ctypes
13001301library loaders act like when a program is run, and call the runtime loader
13011302directly.
13021303
1303- The:mod: `ctypes.util ` module provides a function which can help to determine
1304+ The:mod: `! ctypes.util ` module provides a function which can help to determine
13041305the library to load.
13051306
13061307
@@ -1315,7 +1316,7 @@ the library to load.
13151316
13161317The exact functionality is system dependent.
13171318
1318- On Linux,:func: `find_library ` tries to run external programs
1319+ On Linux,:func: `~ctypes.util. find_library ` tries to run external programs
13191320(``/sbin/ldconfig ``, ``gcc ``, ``objdump `` and ``ld ``) to find the library file.
13201321It returns the filename of the library file.
13211322
@@ -1334,7 +1335,7 @@ Here are some examples::
13341335 'libbz2.so.1.0'
13351336 >>>
13361337
1337- On macOS,:func: `find_library ` tries several predefined naming schemes and paths
1338+ On macOS,:func: `~ctypes.util. find_library ` tries several predefined naming schemes and paths
13381339to locate the library, and returns a full pathname if successful::
13391340
13401341 >>> from ctypes.util import find_library
@@ -1348,13 +1349,13 @@ to locate the library, and returns a full pathname if successful::
13481349 '/System/Library/Frameworks/AGL.framework/AGL'
13491350 >>>
13501351
1351- On Windows,:func: `find_library ` searches along the system search path, and
1352+ On Windows,:func: `~ctypes.util. find_library ` searches along the system search path, and
13521353returns the full pathname, but since there is no predefined naming scheme a call
13531354like ``find_library("c") `` will fail and return ``None ``.
13541355
13551356If wrapping a shared library with:mod: `ctypes `, it *may * be better to determine
13561357the shared library name at development time, and hardcode that into the wrapper
1357- module instead of using:func: `find_library ` to locate the library at runtime.
1358+ module instead of using:func: `~ctypes.util. find_library ` to locate the library at runtime.
13581359
13591360
13601361.. _ctypes-loading-shared-libraries :
@@ -1439,9 +1440,9 @@ function exported by these libraries, and reacquired afterwards.
14391440All these classes can be instantiated by calling them with at least one
14401441argument, the pathname of the shared library. If you have an existing handle to
14411442an already loaded shared library, it can be passed as the ``handle `` named
1442- parameter, otherwise the underlying platforms:c:func: `!dlopen ` or:c:func: ` LoadLibrary `
1443- function is used to load the library into the process, and to get a handle to
1444- it.
1443+ parameter, otherwise the underlying platforms:c:func: `!dlopen ` or
1444+ :c:func: ` !LoadLibrary ` function is used to load the library into
1445+ the process, and to get a handle to it.
14451446
14461447The *mode * parameter can be used to specify how the library is loaded. For
14471448details, consult the:manpage: `dlopen(3)` manpage. On Windows, *mode * is
@@ -1461,7 +1462,7 @@ to a new value and returns the former value.
14611462
14621463The *use_last_error * parameter, when set to true, enables the same mechanism for
14631464the Windows error code which is managed by the:func: `GetLastError ` and
1464- :func: `SetLastError ` Windows API functions;:func: `ctypes.get_last_error ` and
1465+ :func: `! SetLastError ` Windows API functions;:func: `ctypes.get_last_error ` and
14651466:func: `ctypes.set_last_error ` are used to request and change the ctypes private
14661467copy of the windows error code.
14671468
@@ -1533,7 +1534,7 @@ attribute of the loader instance.
15331534 Class which loads shared libraries. *dlltype * should be one of the
15341535:class: `CDLL `,:class: `PyDLL `,:class: `WinDLL `, or:class: `OleDLL ` types.
15351536
1536- :meth: `__getattr__ ` has special behavior: It allows loading a shared library by
1537+ :meth: `! __getattr__ ` has special behavior: It allows loading a shared library by
15371538 accessing it as attribute of a library loader instance. The result is cached,
15381539 so repeated attribute accesses return the same library each time.
15391540
@@ -1578,7 +1579,7 @@ object is available:
15781579 An instance of:class: `PyDLL ` that exposes Python C API functions as
15791580 attributes. Note that all these functions are assumed to return C
15801581:c:expr: `int `, which is of course not always the truth, so you have to assign
1581- the correct:attr: `restype ` attribute to use these functions.
1582+ the correct:attr: `! restype ` attribute to use these functions.
15821583
15831584..audit-event ::ctypes.dlopen name ctypes.LibraryLoader
15841585
@@ -1630,7 +1631,7 @@ They are instances of a private class:
16301631 the callable will be called with this integer, allowing further
16311632 processing or error checking. Using this is deprecated, for more flexible
16321633 post processing or error checking use a ctypes data type as
1633- :attr: `restype ` and assign a callable to the:attr: `errcheck ` attribute.
1634+ :attr: `! restype ` and assign a callable to the:attr: `errcheck ` attribute.
16341635
16351636 ..attribute ::argtypes
16361637
@@ -1662,7 +1663,7 @@ They are instances of a private class:
16621663:module:
16631664
16641665 *result * is what the foreign function returns, as specified by the
1665- :attr: `restype ` attribute.
1666+ :attr: `! restype ` attribute.
16661667
16671668 *func * is the foreign function object itself, this allows reusing the
16681669 same callable object to check or post process the results of several
@@ -1772,7 +1773,7 @@ different ways, depending on the type and number of the parameters in the call:
17721773
17731774 COM methods use a special calling convention: They require a pointer to
17741775 the COM interface as first argument, in addition to those parameters that
1775- are specified in the:attr: `~_FuncPtr. argtypes ` tuple.
1776+ are specified in the:attr: `! argtypes ` tuple.
17761777
17771778 The optional *paramflags * parameter creates foreign function wrappers with much
17781779 more functionality than the features described above.
@@ -1847,7 +1848,7 @@ value if there is a single one, or a tuple containing the output parameter
18471848values when there are more than one, so the GetWindowRect function now returns a
18481849RECT instance, when called.
18491850
1850- Output parameters can be combined with the:attr: `errcheck ` protocol to do
1851+ Output parameters can be combined with the:attr: `~_FuncPtr. errcheck ` protocol to do
18511852further output processing and error checking. The win32 ``GetWindowRect `` api
18521853function returns a ``BOOL `` to signal success or failure, so this function could
18531854do the error checking, and raises an exception when the api call failed::
@@ -1860,7 +1861,7 @@ do the error checking, and raises an exception when the api call failed::
18601861 >>> GetWindowRect.errcheck = errcheck
18611862 >>>
18621863
1863- If the:attr: `errcheck ` function returns the argument tuple it receives
1864+ If the:attr: `~_FuncPtr. errcheck ` function returns the argument tuple it receives
18641865unchanged,:mod: `ctypes ` continues the normal processing it does on the output
18651866parameters. If you want to return a tuple of window coordinates instead of a
18661867``RECT `` instance, you can retrieve the fields in the function and return them
@@ -2010,7 +2011,7 @@ Utility functions
20102011..function ::get_last_error()
20112012
20122013 Windows only: returns the current value of the ctypes-private copy of the system
2013- :data: `LastError ` variable in the calling thread.
2014+ :data: `! LastError ` variable in the calling thread.
20142015
20152016 ..audit-event ::ctypes.get_last_error "" ctypes.get_last_error
20162017
@@ -2063,7 +2064,7 @@ Utility functions
20632064..function ::set_last_error(value)
20642065
20652066 Windows only: set the current value of the ctypes-private copy of the system
2066- :data: `LastError ` variable in the calling thread to *value * and return the
2067+ :data: `! LastError ` variable in the calling thread to *value * and return the
20672068 previous value.
20682069
20692070 ..audit-event ::ctypes.set_last_error error ctypes.set_last_error
@@ -2225,13 +2226,13 @@ Fundamental data types
22252226Fundamental data types, when returned as foreign function call results, or, for
22262227example, by retrieving structure field members or array items, are transparently
22272228converted to native Python types. In other words, if a foreign function has a
2228- :attr: `restype ` of:class: `c_char_p `, you will always receive a Python bytes
2229+ :attr: `~_FuncPtr. restype ` of:class: `c_char_p `, you will always receive a Python bytes
22292230object, *not * a:class: `c_char_p ` instance.
22302231
22312232.. XXX above is false, it actually returns a Unicode string
22322233
22332234 Subclasses of fundamental data types do *not * inherit this behavior. So, if a
2234- foreign functions:attr: `restype ` is a subclass of:class: `c_void_p `, you will
2235+ foreign functions:attr: `! restype ` is a subclass of:class: `c_void_p `, you will
22352236receive an instance of this subclass from the function call. Of course, you can
22362237get the value of the pointer by accessing the ``value `` attribute.
22372238
@@ -2430,7 +2431,7 @@ These are the fundamental ctypes data types:
24302431
24312432..class ::HRESULT
24322433
2433- Windows only: Represents a:c:type: `HRESULT ` value, which contains success or
2434+ Windows only: Represents a:c:type: `! HRESULT ` value, which contains success or
24342435 error information for a function or method call.
24352436
24362437
@@ -2439,9 +2440,9 @@ These are the fundamental ctypes data types:
24392440 Represents the C:c:expr: `PyObject * ` datatype. Calling this without an
24402441 argument creates a ``NULL ``:c:expr: `PyObject * ` pointer.
24412442
2442- The:mod: `ctypes.wintypes ` module provides quite some other Windows specific
2443- data types, for example:c:type: `HWND `,:c:type: `WPARAM `, or:c:type: `DWORD `. Some
2444- useful structures like:c:type: `MSG ` or:c:type: `RECT ` are also defined.
2443+ The:mod: `! ctypes.wintypes ` module provides quite some other Windows specific
2444+ data types, for example:c:type: `! HWND `,:c:type: `! WPARAM `, or:c:type: `! DWORD `.
2445+ Some useful structures like:c:type: `! MSG ` or:c:type: `! RECT ` are also defined.
24452446
24462447
24472448.. _ctypes-structured-data-types :