widows.utils is now a directory

utils/pythonutils.py

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+"""utils fonctions non windows-related"""
+import ctypes
+
+
+def fixedpropety(f):
+    cache_name = "_" + f.__name__
+    def prop(self):
+        try:
+            return getattr(self, cache_name)
+        except AttributeError:
+            setattr(self, cache_name, f(self))
+            return getattr(self, cache_name)
+    return property(prop)
+
+def swallow_ctypes_copy(ctypes_object):
+    new_copy = type(ctypes_object)()
+    ctypes.memmove(ctypes.byref(new_copy), ctypes.byref(ctypes_object), ctypes.sizeof(new_copy))
+    return new_copy