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# toxygen_wrapper
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[ctypes](https://docs.python.org/3/library/ctypes.html)
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wrapping of [Tox](https://tox.chat/) ```libtoxcore```
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<https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore> into Python.
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wrapping of [Tox](https://tox.chat/)
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[```libtoxcore```](https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore) into Python.
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Taken from the ```wrapper``` directory of the now abandoned
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<https://github.com/toxygen-project/toxygen> `next_gen` branch
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<https://github.com/toxygen-project/toxygen> ```next_gen``` branch
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by Ingvar.
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The basics of NGC groups are supported, as well as AV and toxencryptsave.
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and the list of still unwrapped calls as of Sept. 2022 can be found in
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```tox.c-toxcore.missing```. The code still needs double-checking
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that every call in ```tox.py``` has the right signature, but it runs
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```toxygen``` with apparent issues.
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```toxygen``` with no apparent issues.
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It has been tested with UDP and TCP proxy (Tor). It has ***not*** been
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tested on Windows, and there may be some minor breakage, which should be
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which has its merits - there is no need to recompile anything as with
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Cython - change the Python file and it's done. And you can follow things
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in a Python debugger, or with the utterly stupendous Python feature of
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```gdb`` (```gdb -ex r --args /usr/bin/python3.9 <pyfile>```).
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```gdb``` (```gdb -ex r --args /usr/bin/python3.9 <pyfile>```).
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CTYPES code can be brittle, segfaulting if you've got things wrong,
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but if your wrapping is right, it is very efficient and easy to work on.
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The [faulthandler](https://docs.python.org/3/library/faulthandler.html)
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module can be helpful in debugging crashes
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(e.g. from segmentation faults produced by erroneous C library wrapping).
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Others include:
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