Get the value of a ctypes.c_ulong pointer?

Question

For example:

pointer = ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_ulong)
b = pointer(ctypes.c_ulong(20))

What do I get the int value of b?

Answer 1

You mean, dereference b to get that c_ulong(20)? That's b.contents. Or do you mean, see where in memory that pointer happens to point, as if it was an integer rather than a pointer? That's ctypes.cast(b, ctypes.c_void_p).value.