How to convert ctypes' c_long to Python's int?

Question

int(c_long(1)) doesn't work.

Answer 1

>>> ctypes.c_long(1).value
1

Answer 2

>>> type(ctypes.c_long(1).value)
<type 'int'>

Answer 3

Use the 'value' attribute of c_long object.

  c_long(1).value

or

  i = c_long(1)
  print i.value