python - How to parse a C header file?

Question

Does anyone know a spiffy way to use C header files in Python? For example I have a C program that includes a global variable:

typedef struct ImageInfo
{
    uint8_t revisionMajor;
    uint8_t revisionMinor;
    uint16_t checksum;    

} ImageInfo;

ImageInfo gImageInfo;   /* Placed at a specific address by the linker */

I would like to be able to take the binary generated by the C compiler/linker and parse this structure (and possibly modify it) with a Python script.

Answer 1

This was mentioned on SO yesterday; I haven't had a chance to check it out more thoroughly yet, but I'm meaning to. The pycparser, a "C parser and AST generator written in Python".

https://github.com/eliben/pycparser