From 6b9f82d2e1135bc8e26adbdc73f8347c97fdb699 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephen Morton <git@tungol.org>
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2023 20:34:22 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] make pointer types in ctypes.wintypes subclasses instead of
 aliases (#11126)

related to https://github.com/python/typeshed/issues/3968
---
 stdlib/ctypes/wintypes.pyi | 102 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)

diff --git a/stdlib/ctypes/wintypes.pyi b/stdlib/ctypes/wintypes.pyi
index 59c7ae3e5..84c9c9157 100644
--- a/stdlib/ctypes/wintypes.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/ctypes/wintypes.pyi
@@ -186,55 +186,53 @@ class WIN32_FIND_DATAW(Structure):
     cFileName: _CField[Array[WCHAR], str, str]
     cAlternateFileName: _CField[Array[WCHAR], str, str]
 
-# These pointer type definitions use _Pointer[...] instead of POINTER(...), to allow them
-# to be used in type annotations.
-PBOOL: TypeAlias = _Pointer[BOOL]
-LPBOOL: TypeAlias = _Pointer[BOOL]
-PBOOLEAN: TypeAlias = _Pointer[BOOLEAN]
-PBYTE: TypeAlias = _Pointer[BYTE]
-LPBYTE: TypeAlias = _Pointer[BYTE]
-PCHAR: TypeAlias = _Pointer[CHAR]
-LPCOLORREF: TypeAlias = _Pointer[COLORREF]
-PDWORD: TypeAlias = _Pointer[DWORD]
-LPDWORD: TypeAlias = _Pointer[DWORD]
-PFILETIME: TypeAlias = _Pointer[FILETIME]
-LPFILETIME: TypeAlias = _Pointer[FILETIME]
-PFLOAT: TypeAlias = _Pointer[FLOAT]
-PHANDLE: TypeAlias = _Pointer[HANDLE]
-LPHANDLE: TypeAlias = _Pointer[HANDLE]
-PHKEY: TypeAlias = _Pointer[HKEY]
-LPHKL: TypeAlias = _Pointer[HKL]
-PINT: TypeAlias = _Pointer[INT]
-LPINT: TypeAlias = _Pointer[INT]
-PLARGE_INTEGER: TypeAlias = _Pointer[LARGE_INTEGER]
-PLCID: TypeAlias = _Pointer[LCID]
-PLONG: TypeAlias = _Pointer[LONG]
-LPLONG: TypeAlias = _Pointer[LONG]
-PMSG: TypeAlias = _Pointer[MSG]
-LPMSG: TypeAlias = _Pointer[MSG]
-PPOINT: TypeAlias = _Pointer[POINT]
-LPPOINT: TypeAlias = _Pointer[POINT]
-PPOINTL: TypeAlias = _Pointer[POINTL]
-PRECT: TypeAlias = _Pointer[RECT]
-LPRECT: TypeAlias = _Pointer[RECT]
-PRECTL: TypeAlias = _Pointer[RECTL]
-LPRECTL: TypeAlias = _Pointer[RECTL]
-LPSC_HANDLE: TypeAlias = _Pointer[SC_HANDLE]
-PSHORT: TypeAlias = _Pointer[SHORT]
-PSIZE: TypeAlias = _Pointer[SIZE]
-LPSIZE: TypeAlias = _Pointer[SIZE]
-PSIZEL: TypeAlias = _Pointer[SIZEL]
-LPSIZEL: TypeAlias = _Pointer[SIZEL]
-PSMALL_RECT: TypeAlias = _Pointer[SMALL_RECT]
-PUINT: TypeAlias = _Pointer[UINT]
-LPUINT: TypeAlias = _Pointer[UINT]
-PULARGE_INTEGER: TypeAlias = _Pointer[ULARGE_INTEGER]
-PULONG: TypeAlias = _Pointer[ULONG]
-PUSHORT: TypeAlias = _Pointer[USHORT]
-PWCHAR: TypeAlias = _Pointer[WCHAR]
-PWIN32_FIND_DATAA: TypeAlias = _Pointer[WIN32_FIND_DATAA]
-LPWIN32_FIND_DATAA: TypeAlias = _Pointer[WIN32_FIND_DATAA]
-PWIN32_FIND_DATAW: TypeAlias = _Pointer[WIN32_FIND_DATAW]
-LPWIN32_FIND_DATAW: TypeAlias = _Pointer[WIN32_FIND_DATAW]
-PWORD: TypeAlias = _Pointer[WORD]
-LPWORD: TypeAlias = _Pointer[WORD]
+class PBOOL(_Pointer[BOOL]): ...
+class LPBOOL(_Pointer[BOOL]): ...
+class PBOOLEAN(_Pointer[BOOLEAN]): ...
+class PBYTE(_Pointer[BYTE]): ...
+class LPBYTE(_Pointer[BYTE]): ...
+class PCHAR(_Pointer[CHAR]): ...
+class LPCOLORREF(_Pointer[COLORREF]): ...
+class PDWORD(_Pointer[DWORD]): ...
+class LPDWORD(_Pointer[DWORD]): ...
+class PFILETIME(_Pointer[FILETIME]): ...
+class LPFILETIME(_Pointer[FILETIME]): ...
+class PFLOAT(_Pointer[FLOAT]): ...
+class PHANDLE(_Pointer[HANDLE]): ...
+class LPHANDLE(_Pointer[HANDLE]): ...
+class PHKEY(_Pointer[HKEY]): ...
+class LPHKL(_Pointer[HKL]): ...
+class PINT(_Pointer[INT]): ...
+class LPINT(_Pointer[INT]): ...
+class PLARGE_INTEGER(_Pointer[LARGE_INTEGER]): ...
+class PLCID(_Pointer[LCID]): ...
+class PLONG(_Pointer[LONG]): ...
+class LPLONG(_Pointer[LONG]): ...
+class PMSG(_Pointer[MSG]): ...
+class LPMSG(_Pointer[MSG]): ...
+class PPOINT(_Pointer[POINT]): ...
+class LPPOINT(_Pointer[POINT]): ...
+class PPOINTL(_Pointer[POINTL]): ...
+class PRECT(_Pointer[RECT]): ...
+class LPRECT(_Pointer[RECT]): ...
+class PRECTL(_Pointer[RECTL]): ...
+class LPRECTL(_Pointer[RECTL]): ...
+class LPSC_HANDLE(_Pointer[SC_HANDLE]): ...
+class PSHORT(_Pointer[SHORT]): ...
+class PSIZE(_Pointer[SIZE]): ...
+class LPSIZE(_Pointer[SIZE]): ...
+class PSIZEL(_Pointer[SIZEL]): ...
+class LPSIZEL(_Pointer[SIZEL]): ...
+class PSMALL_RECT(_Pointer[SMALL_RECT]): ...
+class PUINT(_Pointer[UINT]): ...
+class LPUINT(_Pointer[UINT]): ...
+class PULARGE_INTEGER(_Pointer[ULARGE_INTEGER]): ...
+class PULONG(_Pointer[ULONG]): ...
+class PUSHORT(_Pointer[USHORT]): ...
+class PWCHAR(_Pointer[WCHAR]): ...
+class PWIN32_FIND_DATAA(_Pointer[WIN32_FIND_DATAA]): ...
+class LPWIN32_FIND_DATAA(_Pointer[WIN32_FIND_DATAA]): ...
+class PWIN32_FIND_DATAW(_Pointer[WIN32_FIND_DATAW]): ...
+class LPWIN32_FIND_DATAW(_Pointer[WIN32_FIND_DATAW]): ...
+class PWORD(_Pointer[WORD]): ...
+class LPWORD(_Pointer[WORD]): ...