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14.14 ctypes -- A foreign function library for Python.

ctypes is a foreign function library for Python. It provides C compatible data types, and allows to call functions in dlls/shared libraries. It can be used to wrap these libraries in pure Python.

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Release 2.5, documentation updated on 19th September, 2006.