def inq_compound(self, name):
name = create_string_buffer(name)<EOL>self.library.inq_compound.argtypes = [c_char_p, POINTER(c_int)]<EOL>self.library.inq_compound.restype = None<EOL>nfields = c_int()<EOL>self.library.inq_compound(name, byref(nfields))<EOL>return nfields.value<EOL>
Return the number of fields and size (not yet) of a compound type.