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Expand Up @@ -3675,6 +3675,12 @@ fields, or any other data types containing pointer type fields.

point = Point(1, 2)

.. note::

Calling :func:`super` without arguments in methods of the decorated
class raises a :exc:`TypeError`. Use the two-argument form instead, for example
``super(Point, self).__init__(x, y)``.

*align*, *layout*, and *pack* supply the value for the :attr:`~ctypes.Structure._align_`,
:attr:`~ctypes.Structure._layout_`, and :attr:`~ctypes.Structure._pack_`
attributes, respectively.
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