Python already has this 'hell of pointers' in the ctypes module. Where `to_ptr(x)` is: ptr = ctypes.pointer(ctypes.py_object(x)) And `ptr.dereference()` is

Python already has this 'hell of pointers' in the ctypes module. Where `to_ptr(x)` is: ptr = ctypes.pointer(ctypes.py_object(x)) And `ptr.dereference()` is: ptr.contents.value