Re: [ctypes-users] ctypes.CDLL("") fails on MS Windows [SEC=PERSONAL]

[Andrew M. <And...@ac...>]

> From: Jacob Schmidt
> 
> On Windows, you can use something like this:
> > exe = ctypes.CDLL("myprocess",
> >                     ctypes.windll.kernel32.GetModuleHandleA(None))
> >
> > to get the current process.  However, I'm not sure if this makes
> > sense:  an exe cannot export functions.
> 
> Where did you hear that from Thomas? The PE format applies to both exe
> and dlls, both can import and export functions.

True, but the exports are explicit and have to be defined at link time - not automatic the way they are on Unix-like OSes, which makes them less useful in general (most exes are linked without any exported functions).

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