comtypes 1.4.12__zip → 1.4.13__zip

{comtypes-1.4.12 → comtypes-1.4.13}/CHANGES.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 Comtypes CHANGELOG
 ==================
 
+Release 1.4.13
+--------------
+* Remove Python 3.8 and add Python 3.14 to the CI pipelines. By @junkmd.
+* Declare the minimum Python version as 3.9. By @junkmd. By @junkmd.
+* Update ``PyCArgObject.value`` for Python 3.14 compatibility. By @junkmd.
+* Add version bridges for the ``__pointer_type__`` attribute protocol. By @junkmd.
+
 Release 1.4.12
 --------------
 * Add support for coverage. By @moi15moi.

{comtypes-1.4.12/comtypes.egg-info → comtypes-1.4.13}/PKG-INFO

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.4
 Name: comtypes
-Version: 1.4.12
+Version: 1.4.13
 Summary: Pure Python COM package
 Home-page: https://github.com/enthought/comtypes
 Download-URL: https://github.com/enthought/comtypes/releases
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Classifier: Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows
 Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
 Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
 Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
-Requires-Python: >=3.8
+Requires-Python: >=3.9
 Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
 License-File: LICENSE.txt
 Dynamic: download-url
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ Dynamic: license-file
 
 `comtypes` allows you to define, call, and implement custom and dispatch-based COM interfaces in pure Python.
 
-`comtypes` requires Windows and Python 3.8 or later.
+`comtypes` requires Windows and Python 3.9 or later.
+- Version [1.4.12](https://pypi.org/project/comtypes/1.4.12/) is the last version to support Python 3.8.
 - Version <= [1.4.7](https://pypi.org/project/comtypes/1.4.7/) does not work with Python 3.13 as reported in [GH-618](https://github.com/enthought/comtypes/issues/618). Version [1.4.8](https://pypi.org/project/comtypes/1.4.8/) can work with Python 3.13.
 - Version [1.4.6](https://pypi.org/project/comtypes/1.4.6/) is the last version to support Python 3.7.
 - Version [1.2.1](https://pypi.org/project/comtypes/1.2.1/) is the last version to support Python 2.7 and 3.3–3.6.
-- `comtypes` does not work with Python 3.8.1 as reported in [GH-202](https://github.com/enthought/comtypes/issues/202). This bug has been fixed in Python >= 3.8.2.
 - Certain `comtypes` functions may not work correctly in Python 3.8 and 3.9 as reported in [GH-212](https://github.com/enthought/comtypes/issues/212). This bug has been fixed in Python >= 3.10.10 and >= 3.11.2.
 
 ## Installation

{comtypes-1.4.12 → comtypes-1.4.13}/README.md

@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
 
 `comtypes` allows you to define, call, and implement custom and dispatch-based COM interfaces in pure Python.
 
-`comtypes` requires Windows and Python 3.8 or later.
+`comtypes` requires Windows and Python 3.9 or later.
+- Version [1.4.12](https://pypi.org/project/comtypes/1.4.12/) is the last version to support Python 3.8.
 - Version <= [1.4.7](https://pypi.org/project/comtypes/1.4.7/) does not work with Python 3.13 as reported in [GH-618](https://github.com/enthought/comtypes/issues/618). Version [1.4.8](https://pypi.org/project/comtypes/1.4.8/) can work with Python 3.13.
 - Version [1.4.6](https://pypi.org/project/comtypes/1.4.6/) is the last version to support Python 3.7.
 - Version [1.2.1](https://pypi.org/project/comtypes/1.2.1/) is the last version to support Python 2.7 and 3.3–3.6.
-- `comtypes` does not work with Python 3.8.1 as reported in [GH-202](https://github.com/enthought/comtypes/issues/202). This bug has been fixed in Python >= 3.8.2.
 - Certain `comtypes` functions may not work correctly in Python 3.8 and 3.9 as reported in [GH-212](https://github.com/enthought/comtypes/issues/212). This bug has been fixed in Python >= 3.10.10 and >= 3.11.2.
 
 ## Installation

{comtypes-1.4.12 → comtypes-1.4.13}/comtypes/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # comtypes version numbers follow semver (http://semver.org/) and PEP 440
-__version__ = "1.4.12"
+__version__ = "1.4.13"
 
 try:
     from _ctypes import COMError  # noqa

{comtypes-1.4.12 → comtypes-1.4.13}/comtypes/_meta.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # comtypes._meta helper module
+import sys
 from ctypes import POINTER, c_void_p, cast
 
 import comtypes
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ class _coclass_meta(type):
             # Depending on a version or revision of Python, this may be essential.
             return self
 
-        PTR = _coclass_pointer_meta(
+        p = _coclass_pointer_meta(
             f"POINTER({self.__name__})",
             (self, c_void_p),
             {
@@ -82,9 +83,12 @@ class _coclass_meta(type):
                 "from_param": classmethod(_coclass_from_param),
             },
         )
-        from ctypes import _pointer_type_cache  # type: ignore
+        if sys.version_info >= (3, 14):
+            self.__pointer_type__ = p
+        else:
+            from ctypes import _pointer_type_cache  # type: ignore
 
-        _pointer_type_cache[self] = PTR
+            _pointer_type_cache[self] = p
 
         return self
 

{comtypes-1.4.12 → comtypes-1.4.13}/comtypes/_post_coinit/unknwn.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/unknwn/
 
 import logging
+import sys
 from ctypes import HRESULT, POINTER, byref, c_ulong, c_void_p
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, ClassVar, List, Optional, Type, TypeVar
 
@@ -126,9 +127,12 @@ class _cominterface_meta(type):
             {"__com_interface__": self, "_needs_com_addref_": None},
         )
 
-        from ctypes import _pointer_type_cache  # type: ignore
+        if sys.version_info >= (3, 14):
+            self.__pointer_type__ = p
+        else:
+            from ctypes import _pointer_type_cache  # type: ignore
 
-        _pointer_type_cache[self] = p
+            _pointer_type_cache[self] = p
 
         if self._case_insensitive_:
             _meta_patch.case_insensitive(p)

{comtypes-1.4.12 → comtypes-1.4.13}/comtypes/test/test_comserver.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import doctest
+import sys
 import unittest
 from ctypes import pointer
 from typing import Any
@@ -140,6 +141,13 @@ class TestInproc_win32com(BaseServerTest, unittest.TestCase):
     def create_object(self):
         return Dispatch("TestComServerLib.TestComServer")
 
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 14):
+
+        @unittest.skip("Fails occasionally with a memory leak on INPROC.")
+        def test_eval(self):
+            # This test sometimes leaks memory when run as an in-process server.
+            pass
+
     # These tests make no sense with win32com, override to disable them:
     @unittest.skip("This test make no sense with win32com.")
     def test_get_typeinfo(self):

{comtypes-1.4.12 → comtypes-1.4.13}/comtypes/test/test_excel.py

@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ PY_VER = "Python {0}.{1}.{2}".format(*sys.version_info[:3])
 
 @unittest.skipIf(IMPORT_FAILED, "This depends on Excel.")
 @unittest.skipIf(
-    sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 8)
-    or sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 9)
+    sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 9)
     or (sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 10) and sys.version_info < (3, 10, 10))
     or (sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 11) and sys.version_info < (3, 11, 2)),
     f"This fails in {PY_VER}. See https://github.com/enthought/comtypes/issues/212",

{comtypes-1.4.12 → comtypes-1.4.13}/comtypes/util.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 and cast_field(struct, fieldname, fieldtype).
 """
 
+import sys
 from ctypes import (
     POINTER,
     Structure,
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ from ctypes import (
     c_float,
     c_int,
     c_long,
+    c_longdouble,
     c_longlong,
     c_short,
     c_void_p,
@@ -38,17 +40,61 @@ def _calc_offset():
     # The definition of PyCArgObject in C code (that is the type of
     # object that a byref() call returns):
     class PyCArgObject(Structure):
+        if sys.version_info >= (3, 14):
+            # While C compilers automatically determine appropriate
+            # alignment based on field data types, `ctypes` requires
+            # explicit control over memory layout.
+            #
+            # `_pack_ = 8` ensures 8-byte alignment for fields.
+            #
+            # This works on both 32-bit and 64-bit systems:
+            # - On 64-bit systems, this matches the natural alignment
+            #   for pointers.
+            # - On 32-bit systems, this is more strict than necessary
+            #   (4-byte would be enough), but still produces the
+            #   correct memory layout with proper padding.
+            #
+            # With `_pack_`, `ctypes` will automatically add padding
+            # here to ensure proper alignment of the `value` field
+            # after the `tag` and after the `size`.
+            _pack_ = 8
+        else:
+            # No special packing needed for Python 3.13 and earlier
+            # because the default alignment works fine for the legacy
+            # structure.
+            pass
+
         class value(Union):
-            _fields_ = [
-                ("c", c_char),
-                ("h", c_short),
-                ("i", c_int),
-                ("l", c_long),
-                ("q", c_longlong),
-                ("d", c_double),
-                ("f", c_float),
-                ("p", c_void_p),
-            ]
+            if sys.version_info >= (3, 14):
+                # In Python 3.14, the tagPyCArgObject structure was
+                # modified to better support complex types.
+                _fields_ = [
+                    ("c", c_char),
+                    ("b", c_char),
+                    ("h", c_short),
+                    ("i", c_int),
+                    ("l", c_long),
+                    ("q", c_longlong),
+                    ("g", c_longdouble),
+                    ("d", c_double),
+                    ("f", c_float),
+                    ("p", c_void_p),
+                    # arrays for real and imaginary of complex
+                    ("D", c_double * 2),
+                    ("F", c_float * 2),
+                    ("G", c_longdouble * 2),
+                ]
+            else:
+                _fields_ = [
+                    ("c", c_char),
+                    ("h", c_short),
+                    ("i", c_int),
+                    ("l", c_long),
+                    ("q", c_longlong),
+                    ("d", c_double),
+                    ("f", c_float),
+                    ("p", c_void_p),
+                ]
 
         #
         # Thanks to Lenard Lindstrom for this tip:
@@ -66,9 +112,13 @@ def _calc_offset():
         _anonymous_ = ["value"]
 
     # additional checks to make sure that everything works as expected
-
-    if sizeof(PyCArgObject) != type(byref(c_int())).__basicsize__:
-        raise RuntimeError("sizeof(PyCArgObject) invalid")
+    expected_size = type(byref(c_int())).__basicsize__
+    actual_size = sizeof(PyCArgObject)
+    if actual_size != expected_size:
+        raise RuntimeError(
+            f"sizeof(PyCArgObject) mismatch: expected {expected_size}, "
+            f"got {actual_size}."
+        )
 
     obj = c_int()
     ref = byref(obj)

{comtypes-1.4.12 → comtypes-1.4.13/comtypes.egg-info}/PKG-INFO

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.4
 Name: comtypes
-Version: 1.4.12
+Version: 1.4.13
 Summary: Pure Python COM package
 Home-page: https://github.com/enthought/comtypes
 Download-URL: https://github.com/enthought/comtypes/releases
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Classifier: Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows
 Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
 Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
 Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
-Requires-Python: >=3.8
+Requires-Python: >=3.9
 Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
 License-File: LICENSE.txt
 Dynamic: download-url
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ Dynamic: license-file
 
 `comtypes` allows you to define, call, and implement custom and dispatch-based COM interfaces in pure Python.
 
-`comtypes` requires Windows and Python 3.8 or later.
+`comtypes` requires Windows and Python 3.9 or later.
+- Version [1.4.12](https://pypi.org/project/comtypes/1.4.12/) is the last version to support Python 3.8.
 - Version <= [1.4.7](https://pypi.org/project/comtypes/1.4.7/) does not work with Python 3.13 as reported in [GH-618](https://github.com/enthought/comtypes/issues/618). Version [1.4.8](https://pypi.org/project/comtypes/1.4.8/) can work with Python 3.13.
 - Version [1.4.6](https://pypi.org/project/comtypes/1.4.6/) is the last version to support Python 3.7.
 - Version [1.2.1](https://pypi.org/project/comtypes/1.2.1/) is the last version to support Python 2.7 and 3.3–3.6.
-- `comtypes` does not work with Python 3.8.1 as reported in [GH-202](https://github.com/enthought/comtypes/issues/202). This bug has been fixed in Python >= 3.8.2.
 - Certain `comtypes` functions may not work correctly in Python 3.8 and 3.9 as reported in [GH-212](https://github.com/enthought/comtypes/issues/212). This bug has been fixed in Python >= 3.10.10 and >= 3.11.2.
 
 ## Installation

{comtypes-1.4.12 → comtypes-1.4.13}/setup.cfg

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ classifiers =
 	Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
 
 [options]
-python_requires = >=3.8
+python_requires = >=3.9
 packages = 
 	comtypes
 	comtypes._post_coinit