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		Pointers.py: Bringing the hell of pointers to Python (github.com/zerointensity)
		2 points by ScottWRobinson on March 10, 2022 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

compressedgas on March 10, 2022 [–]

Python already has this 'hell of pointers' in the ctypes module.

Where `to_ptr(x)` is:

  ptr = ctypes.pointer(ctypes.py_object(x))

And `ptr.dereference()` is:

  ptr.contents.value

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