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15 changes: 4 additions & 11 deletions Doc/library/ctypes.rst
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0x1d000000
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.. note::

:mod:`ctypes` may raise a :exc:`ValueError` after calling the function, if
it detects that an invalid number of arguments were passed. This behavior
should not be relied upon. It is deprecated in 3.6.2, and will be removed
in 3.7.

:exc:`ValueError` is raised when you call an ``stdcall`` function with the
``cdecl`` calling convention, or vice versa::

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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

By default, Structure and Union fields are aligned in the same way the C
compiler does it. It is possible to override this behavior be specifying a
compiler does it. It is possible to override this behavior by specifying a
:attr:`_pack_` class attribute in the subclass definition. This must be set to a
positive integer and specifies the maximum alignment for the fields. This is
what ``#pragma pack(n)`` also does in MSVC.
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... ("next", POINTER(cell))]
>>>

Lets try it. We create two instances of ``cell``, and let them point to each
Let's try it. We create two instances of ``cell``, and let them point to each
other, and finally follow the pointer chain a few times::

>>> c1 = cell()
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>>>

The fact that standard Python has a frozen module and a frozen package
(indicated by the negative size member) is not well known, it is only used for
testing. Try it out with ``import __hello__`` for example.
(indicated by the negative ``size`` member) is not well known, it is only used
for testing. Try it out with ``import __hello__`` for example.


.. _ctypes-surprises:
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