Re: [Pyunit-interest] how do i use an unsigned int

[Fred L. D. Jr. <fd...@ac...>]

Yvan Charpentier writes:
 > I am calling a C-function that returns an unsigned int
 > Python, though, allocate a integer (so i get the wrong value (negative
 > number))
 > 
 > How would i force Python to allocate a unsigned int?

  This sounds like a general Python question; shouldn't this be
addressed to comp.lang.python?
  Anyway, to represent a C unsigned int in Python, you need to use a
Python "long", which can have any integer value.  To create this from
a C extension, use this:

    unsigned long i = my_function();

    return PyLong_FromUnsignedLong(i);


  -Fred

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