/// <summary>
/// Returns a new type which represents a pointer given the existing type.
/// </summary>
public static PythonType POINTER(CodeContext/*!*/ context, PythonType type) {
PythonContext pc = PythonContext.GetContext(context);
PythonDictionary dict = (PythonDictionary)pc.GetModuleState(_pointerTypeCacheKey);
object res;
if (!dict.TryGetValue(type, out res)) {
string name;
if (type == null) {
name = "c_void_p";
} else {
name = "LP_" + type.Name;
}
dict[type] = res = new PointerType(context,
name,
PythonTuple.MakeTuple(_Pointer),
PythonOps.MakeDictFromItems(new object[] { type, "_type_" })
);
}
return res as PythonType;
}
