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MyASPN >> Mail Archive >> ctypes-users
ctypes-users
[ctypes-users] Re: LoadLibrary
by Thomas Heller other posts by this author
Feb 23 2006 10:57AM messages near this date
[ctypes-users] LoadLibrary (was: Re: ctypes 0.9.9.3 released) | Re: [ctypes-users] Re: LoadLibrary
Thomas Heller wrote:
>  Michele Petrazzo wrote:
> > Thomas Heller wrote:
> >> ctypes 0.9.9.3 released - Feb 15, 2006 
> >> ======================================
> >>
> >
> > Hello Thomas,
> > I see that into the new version, you have brake the compatibility with
> > the LoadLibrary for windll and cdll. Why don't make a simple internal
> > and transparent link through LoadLibrary and find methods?
> > I have to change all my softwares! :(
>  
>  Removing the LoadLibrary method on the dll loaders probably was
>  not a good idea.  Beside Michele complaining about it someone submitted
>  a bug report that LoadLibrary does not work any longer:
>  
>  https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=532154&aid=1435103&group_id=71702 
>  
>  
>  The problem is that now cdll or windll will try to load a library named 
>  'LoadLibrary'.
>  Maybe it would be a good idea to add a method to the library loaders named
>  'load_library' and add an alias 'LoadLibrary' for backwards compatibility.


No opinions on this issue?

Thomas



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