adding command line utility to generate ctypes wrapper from .dll or .so file

Author: roman_yakovenko

pygccxml/parser/__init__.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from config import config_t
 from config import gccxml_configuration_t
 from config import load_gccxml_configuration
+from config import gccxml_configuration_example
 
 from project_reader import COMPILATION_MODE
 from project_reader import project_reader_t

pygccxml/parser/config.py

@@ -196,35 +196,37 @@ def raise_on_wrong_settings( self ):
 
 config_t = gccxml_configuration_t #backward computability
 
+gccxml_configuration_example = \
+"""[gccxml]
+#path to gccxml executable file - optional, if not provided, os.environ['PATH']
+#variable is used to find it
+gccxml_path=
+#gccxml working directory - optional, could be set to your source code directory
+working_directory=
+#additional include directories, separated by ';' or ':'
+include_paths=
+#gccxml has a nice algorithms, which selects what C++ compiler to emulate.
+#You can explicitly set what compiler it should emulate.
+#Valid options are: g++, msvc6, msvc7, msvc71, msvc8, cl.
+compiler=
+
+#GCC-XML site: http://gccxml.org/
+"""
 
 def load_gccxml_configuration( configuration, **defaults ):
     """loads GCC-XML configuration from a file
 
     Configuration file sceleton:
 
     >>> start <<<
-
-    [gccxml]
-    #path to gccxml executable file - optional, if not provided, os.environ['PATH']
-    #variable is used to find it
-    gccxml_path=
-    #gccxml working directory - optional, could be set to your source code directory
-    working_directory=
-    #additional include directories, separated by ';' or ':'
-    include_paths=
-    #gccxml has a nice algorithms, which selects what C++ compiler to emulate.
-    #You can explicitly set what compiler it should emulate.
-    #Valid options are: g++, msvc6, msvc7, msvc71, msvc8, cl.
-    compiler=
-
-    #GCC-XML site: http://gccxml.org/
-
+    
+    %s
+    
     >>> end <<<
 
-
     configuration could be string( configuration file path ) or instance of
     ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser class
-    """
+    """ % gccxml_configuration_example
     parser = configuration
     if isinstance( configuration, types.StringTypes ):
         from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser

pygccxml/utils/__init__.py

@@ -162,8 +162,9 @@ class native_compiler:
     def get_version():
         if 'win' not in sys.platform:
             return None #not implemented yet
-        from distutils import msvccompiler
-        return ( 'msvc', str( msvccompiler.get_build_version() ) )
+        else:
+            from distutils import msvccompiler
+            return ( 'msvc', str( msvccompiler.get_build_version() ) )
 
     @staticmethod
     def get_gccxml_compiler():