diff -Naur Python-3.8.0-orig/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c Python-3.8.0/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c --- Python-3.8.0-orig/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c 2019-10-14 16:34:47.000000000 +0300 +++ Python-3.8.0/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c 2019-10-22 10:02:10.434865800 +0300 @@ -3342,11 +3342,30 @@ mangled_name = alloca(strlen(name) + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3); /* \0 _ @ %d */ if (!mangled_name) return NULL; + /* Issue: for stdcall decorated export functions MSVC compiler adds + * underscore, but GCC compiler create them without. This is + * visible by example for _ctypes_test.pyd module. + * As well functions from system libraries are without underscore. + * Solutions: + * - If a python module is build with gcc option --add-stdcall-alias + * the module will contain XXX as alias for function XXX@ as result + * first search in this method will succeed. + * - Distutil may use compiler to create def-file, to modify it as + * add underscore alias and with new def file to create module. + * - Or may be just to search for function without underscore. + */ for (i = 0; i < 32; ++i) { sprintf(mangled_name, "_%s@%d", name, i*4); Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS address = (PPROC)GetProcAddress(handle, mangled_name); Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS + if (address) + return address; + /* search for function without underscore as weel */ + sprintf(mangled_name, "%s@%d", name, i*4); + Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS + address = (PPROC)GetProcAddress(handle, mangled_name); + Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS if (address) return address; }