[Cython] Question about providing functions to existing C code

[Stefan Behnel]

Johannes Wienke wrote:
> Am 04/18/2008 04:53 PM schrieb Stefan Behnel:
>> Johannes Wienke wrote:
>>> void plug_observ_data (plugDefinition *plug, const char *ident);
>>>
>>> This is one example. My problem here is that Cython doesn't know
>>> anything about const. So I can't implement this function appropriately.
>>> Is there any way to solve this problem?
>> You might get away with something like
>>
>>    ctypedef constcharptr char* "const char*"
> 
> Too bad, doesn't work. In this version even cython doesn't compile. What
> works is:
> 
> ctypedef char* constcharptr "const char*"
> 
> But that generates obviously wrong C code:
> 
> typedef char *const char*;

Hmmm, too bad.

I found this regarding this topic:

http://lists.copyleft.no/pipermail/pyrex/2007-September/002661.html

Hope that helps.

Stefan