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Fix for metaclass conflict. Get the latest snapshot of comtypes from svn. Run 2to3.py refactoring. Then apply the following patch. (Tested with Python 3.3.2/Windows 8/x86).
---
comtypes/__init__.py | 8 ++++++--
comtypes/automation.py | 4 +++-
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/comtypes/__init__.py b/comtypes/__init__.py
index 6590ead..fa604af 100644
--- a/comtypes/__init__.py
+++ b/comtypes/__init__.py
@@ -268,7 +268,9 @@ class _cominterface_meta(type):
_pointer_type_cache[cls] = p
if cls._case_insensitive_:
- class p(partial.partial, p):
+ class _meta(type(partial.partial), type(p)): pass
+
+ class p(partial.partial, p, metaclass=_meta):
# case insensitive attributes for COM methods and properties
def __getattr__(self, name):
"""Implement case insensitive access to methods and properties"""
@@ -292,7 +294,9 @@ class _cominterface_meta(type):
self.__map_case__.get(name.lower(), name),
value)
- class _(partial.partial, POINTER(p)):
+ class _meta(type(partial.partial), type(POINTER(p))): pass
+
+ class _(partial.partial, POINTER(p), metaclass=_meta):
def __setitem__(self, index, value):
# We override the __setitem__ method of the
# POINTER(POINTER(interface)) type, so that the COM
diff --git a/comtypes/automation.py b/comtypes/automation.py
index f8bb80d..5108291 100644
--- a/comtypes/automation.py
+++ b/comtypes/automation.py
@@ -515,7 +515,9 @@ del v
_carg_obj = type(byref(c_int()))
from _ctypes import Array as _CArrayType
-class _(partial, POINTER(VARIANT)):
+class _meta(type(partial), type(POINTER(VARIANT))): pass
+
+class _(partial, POINTER(VARIANT), metaclass=_meta):
# Override the default .from_param classmethod of POINTER(VARIANT).
# This allows to pass values which can be stored in VARIANTs as
# function parameters declared as POINTER(VARIANT). See
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