ValueError: _type_ 'v' not supported

[saifeiLee]

Environment

python 3.8.2

Operation

Run tests with:

python tests/test_pymonctl.py 

The output

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "tests/test_pymonctl.py", line 8, in <module>
    import pymonctl as pmc
  File "/home/seewo/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pymonctl/__init__.py", line 22, in <module>
    from ._main import (getAllMonitors, getAllMonitorsDict, getMonitorsCount, getPrimary,
  File "/home/seewo/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pymonctl/_main.py", line 11, in <module>
    from ._structs import DisplayMode, ScreenValue, Size, Point, Box, Rect, Position, Orientation
  File "/home/seewo/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pymonctl/_structs.py", line 5, in <module>
    import ctypes.wintypes
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/ctypes/wintypes.py", line 20, in <module>
    class VARIANT_BOOL(ctypes._SimpleCData):
ValueError: _type_ 'v' not supported

[Kalmat]

Hi! Thank you for your feedback!

I think the problem of wintypes crashing in other OSs apart from Windows is solved in Python 3.10 so, just updating your Python version it should work ok. I might be wrong, never the less. Ayway, it will be fixed in next PyMonCtl version.

Just curious: which OS (and Desktop Manager in case of Linux) are you using?

Thank you again!

[saifeiLee]

Hi! Thank you for your feedback!

I think the problem of wintypes crashing in other OSs apart from Windows is solved in Python 3.10 so, just updating your Python version it should work ok. I might be wrong, never the less. Ayway, it will be fixed in next PyMonCtl version.

Just curious: which OS (and Desktop Manager in case of Linux) are you using?

Thank you again!

Thanks for reply. My Linux OS is ubuntu 22.04. And It is indeed that python 3.10 has fix this problem. By the way, how will you fix it? I am curious.

[Kalmat]

Great!

To avoid crashing in previous versions, you only have to ask for the platform you are in before importing and using it, like this:

if sys.platform == "win32":
    import ctypes.wintypes

    class _POINTL(ctypes.Structure):
        _fields_ = [
            ('x', ctypes.wintypes.LONG),
            ('y', ctypes.wintypes.LONG)
        ]

[saifeiLee]

Cool