es such as '<tt>char name[256]</tt>' are managed as Python strings, but
when setting the value, the result is truncated to the maximum length of the array.  Furthermore, the string is assumed to be null-terminated.
<li>When structures and classes are used as global variables, they are mapped into pointers.
Getting the "value" returns a pointer to the global variable.  Setting the value of a structure results in a memory copy from a pointer to the global.
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<h2>Creating read-only variables</h2>

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