Structure vs unpack

Asked Nov 26 '20 at 20:13

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When should someone use ctypes.Structure and when should someone use struct.unpack?

In general, I use ctypes.Structure when I want to extract data from an embedded device that runs C. I would first extract the raw binary data from my embedded device and then use a cytpes.Structure that describes it. Using the structure I then have my data in the correct form.

Is using struct.unpack and ctypes.Structure equivalent?

edited Nov 26 '20 at 20:14

Jonathan Hall

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Im wondering are there any downfalls for using it? – Har Nov 26 '20 at 20:38
Does this answer your question? [Python: Similar functionality in struct and array vs ctypes](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52004279/python-similar-functionality-in-struct-and-array-vs-ctypes) – alex_noname Nov 27 '20 at 15:59

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