[Pyrex] Parameter access error

[Nicholas Riley]

On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 06:51:52AM -0800, Natsagdorj Shagdar wrote:
> Hi list?
> 
> In the following function code, pyrex gives an error "Expected an identifier or literal" on the line 2.
> 
> cdef char *ReadFileIntoBuffer(char *FileName, unsigned long *fileSize):
>     *fileSize = 0
> 
> What is the correct way to access and change the value which the pointer fileSize points?

As stated in the documentation:

- There is no * operator in Pyrex. Instead of *p, use p[0]

so you should be able to use "fileSize[0] = 0".

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