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Author amaury.forgeotdarc
Recipients Ramchandra Apte, amaury.forgeotdarc, docs@python, graemeglass
Date 2012-02-06.16:36:19
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[Please do not change issue titles - your recommendation was enough]

Indeed, incorrect usage of ctypes can crash the program, and there is nothing Python can do.

But I could not find any warning about this in the documentation, except maybe this sentence: "There are, however, enough ways to crash Python with ctypes, so you should be careful anyway."
Let's turn this into a doc issue, then.
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Date User Action Args
2012-02-06 16:36:20amaury.forgeotdarcsetrecipients: + amaury.forgeotdarc, graemeglass, docs@python, Ramchandra Apte
2012-02-06 16:36:20amaury.forgeotdarcsetmessageid: <1328546180.74.0.860120423953.issue13951@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2012-02-06 16:36:20amaury.forgeotdarclinkissue13951 messages
2012-02-06 16:36:19amaury.forgeotdarccreate