[Python] How to mirror a struct that uses a 'std::string' with python ctypes?

I used to mirror a cpp application struct exactly, in order to 'hack' in some memory and read/access their normally unaccessible values (due to poor API support for some area of their app).

I used to do this kind of technique:

import ctypes

class AppStructFoo(ctypes.Structure):
_fields_ = [
("next", ctypes.c_void_p),
("prev", ctypes.c_void_p),
("name", ctypes.c_char * 64),
("identifier", ctypes.c_int32),
("flag", ctypes.c_int),
("idname", ctypes.c_char * 64),
("typeinfo", ctypes.c_void_p),
("type_legacy", ctypes.c_int16),
("ui_order", ctypes.c_int16),
("custom1", ctypes.c_int16),
("custom2", ctypes.c_int16), #Goal was to read this int let say..
#ect..
]

node_struct = AppStructFoo.from_address(memory_adress)
print(node_struct.custom2)
>>> 12 #YES! it was working perfectly!!



But, now the application struct that i'm mirroring recently changed it's char name[64]; and char idname[64]; property to a std::string name; type of character chain.

Therefore i wonder if there's a pythonic/ctypes solution to match a std::string memory layout? or perhaps if there is a way to skip it? The string is not boudn to 64 char anymore.. the limit is now unknown.

This std::string element is similar to an unknown obstacle that i cannot seem to bypass in order to reach my objective

Any idea?

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