diff -r 0df85a2ebe4d Lib/ctypes/_endian.py
--- a/Lib/ctypes/_endian.py	Wed Jan 11 03:32:43 2012 -0500
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/_endian.py	Fri Feb 03 21:01:27 2012 +0100
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import sys
 from ctypes import *
 
-_array_type = type(c_int * 3)
+_array_type = type(Array)
 
 def _other_endian(typ):
     """Return the type with the 'other' byte order.  Simple types like