Fix wrong type of ctypes.wintypes.BYTE

arhadthedev · arhadthedev · commit cf70637b89f7 · 2022-10-30T20:39:06.000+04:00
Created from a patch file attached to an issue, by Anatoly Techtonik.
diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/wintypes.py b/Lib/ctypes/wintypes.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The most useful windows datatypes
 import ctypes
 
-BYTE = ctypes.c_byte
+BYTE = ctypes.c_ubyte
 WORD = ctypes.c_ushort
 DWORD = ctypes.c_ulong
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-09-26-21-18-47.gh-issue-60580.0hBgde.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-09-26-21-18-47.gh-issue-60580.0hBgde.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+:data:`ctypes.wintypes.BYTE` definition changed from
+:data:`~ctypes.c_byte` to :data:`~ctypes.c_ubyte` to match Windows
+SDK. Patch by Anatoly Techtonik.

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@`
	`1`	+:data:`ctypes.wintypes.BYTE` definition changed from
	`2`	+:data:`~ctypes.c_byte` to :data:`~ctypes.c_ubyte` to match Windows
	`3`	`+SDK. Patch by Anatoly Techtonik.`