diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_generated_structs.py b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_generated_structs.py index cbd73c4e911e4e..d61754d6d49e70 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_generated_structs.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_generated_structs.py @@ -135,6 +135,18 @@ class Packed3(Structure): @register() class Packed4(Structure): + def _maybe_skip(): + # `_pack_` enables MSVC-style packing, but keeps platform-specific + # alignments. + # The C code we generate for GCC/clang currently uses + # `__attribute__((ms_struct))`, which activates MSVC layout *and* + # alignments, that is, sizeof(basic type) == alignment(basic type). + # On a Pentium, int64 is 32-bit aligned, so the two won't match. + # The expected behavior is instead tested in + # StructureTestCase.test_packed, over in test_structures.py. + if sizeof(c_int64) != alignment(c_int64): + raise unittest.SkipTest('cannot test on this platform') + _fields_ = [('a', c_int8), ('b', c_int64)] _pack_ = 8 @@ -436,6 +448,8 @@ def test_generated_data(self): """ for name, cls in TESTCASES.items(): with self.subTest(name=name): + if _maybe_skip := getattr(cls, '_maybe_skip', None): + _maybe_skip() expected = iter(_ctypes_test.get_generated_test_data(name)) expected_name = next(expected) if expected_name is None: