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docs: uctypes: Describe how to instantiate struct objects.

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Paul Sokolovsky 10 years ago
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.. class:: struct(descriptor, layout_type)
Create a "foreign data structure" object based on its descriptor (encoded
as a dictionary) and layout type.
Create a "foreign data structure" class based on its descriptor (encoded
as a dictionary) and layout type (see below).
.. data:: LITTLE_ENDIAN
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so it can be both written too, and you will access current value
at the given memory address.
Structure classes and instantiating structure objects
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Given structure descriptor and layout type, you can instantiate a
"structure class" using uctypes.struct() factory function. From it,
you can instantiate a specific structure instance at a given
memory address. Memory address usually comes from following sources:
* Predefined address, when accessing hardware registers on a baremetal
port. Lookup these addresses in datasheet for a particular MCU/SoC.
* As return value from a call to some FFI (Foreign Function Interface)
function.
* From uctypes.addressof(), when you want to pass arguments to FFI
function, or alternatively, to access some data for I/O (for example,
data read from file or network socket).
Structure objects
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